As part of their science curriculum,The Hill School sixth-graders spent one April afternoon planting trees on a local farm. The owners had recently fenced off a stream, separating it from their livestock, and had the Hill schoolers assist them in planting trees as a riparian buffer to prevent continuing erosion. With nearly 150 trees to plant along the stream bank, they had their work cut out for them. But, with the enthusiasm and energy that 12-year-olds have, it didn’t take long […]

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