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Bluebag Media
DeColores seeks
help for historic barn renovation
ARCANUM – An eighth grader arrives at school at 7 a.m. His or her job
that morning might be to feed the chickens… or work in the kitchen. Or
it might be to work with other students to determine what crops they
will plant in the spring. There may be other chores that day. They are
divided up among the 21 students who operate the DeColores Montessori
Farm School.
“It’s a hands-on learning environment,” said Christine Seger,
Montessori School Business Manager. “Our students operate this farm.”
The 20-acre farm on Arcanum-Bears Mill Road has been in operation since
2009. “They decide what they’re going to grow… they plant it, harvest
it and sometimes even prepare it.” They have to oversee a budget and
operate it as a business. “The idea is for a real life experience,”
Seger added. “They get that here.”
There are three structures on campus… a main classroom building, a
smaller building for various summer camps and an historic barn very
much in need of renovation...
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