Alongside their papers, notebooks and other school supplies, first-graders in many Lake County schools are bringing home trees this month that they can plant as part of a 35-year-old Lake Metroparks program. Park district instructors and the mascot Woody the Tree are also using these visits to teach students the importance of trees and the […]
Lake Metroparks naturalists taught kindergarteners about space under the light of an inflatable planetarium’s stars and constellations during a Jan. 23 astronomy lesson at Elm Street Elementary School. The lesson was part of a partnership between the park system and the Painesville City School District. Through the beginning of April, park staff will visit each […]