Russellville Elementary fifth-graders recently completed a service project funded through the district’s Learn and Serve grant. Through the grant, students perform a service while also strengthening their academic skills. Students made fleece blankets and donated them to the Pregnancy Resource Center, which serves all of Brown County. During the months of October, November, and December students worked on the blankets, and were able to present the PRC with about 70 blankets to be distributed through their agency.

Mathematics standards included in the project were measurement and number sense. Students also wrote a reflection essay based on the project.

Alice Burrows, Beth Hauke, and Molly Ellis, RES 5th grade teachers, would like to thank parents Tammy Eubanks, Jeanine Anderson, and Jeri Jones for volunteering their time to come in and help cut the fleece to be tied. The students did such a wonderful job completing this project!