Cambridge middle school students are trying to make local seniors feel seen this December, by crafting ornaments for them.
Seventh and eighth-grade students at Koshkonong Trails, a project-based charter school, made over 500 ornaments for residents of senior living centers in six area communities.
Koshkonong Trails teacher Raquel Parish said that students made three types of winter ornaments and a video of themselves singing âJingle Bellsââ over Google Meet. The project began in October. The students contacted senior living facilities in Cambridge, Milton, Edgerton, Stoughton, Fort Atkinson and Johnson Creek, and teachers delivered ornaments on Dec. 11.
Parish said the goal was to build intergenerational community while the coronavirus pandemic continues to keep people physically apart.