Pupils take symbolic flight

AUSTINTOWN — Lynn Kirk Elementary first-graders have become ambassadors of peace, friendship and goodwill by participating in a project to help teach Mexican classrooms about the monarch butterfly.

As a part of the Symbolic Migration program, the pupils and teachers colored paper butterflies to send to classes in the cities of Ocampo and Angangueo in Michoac°n, a state in Mexico.

On Nov. 2, the Mexican pupils received packages of paper butterflies and information on the monarch from classrooms all over the United States; three classes at Lynn Kirk were among them.

The packages also include information on the monarch and messages of support and gratitude for taking care of the actual butterflies, which migrate in early November and stay through the spring.

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