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Watson students bake pies for Rescue Mission
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Neighbors | Submitted.Jade McCary (left) and her mom (right) worked together to make pies to donate to the Rescue Mission of the Mahoning Valley at Watson Elementary School Nov. 16.
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Neighbors | Submitted.Parent and grandparent volunteers enjoyed making the pies for charity just as much as the children did in Dana Elias' fifth-grade class at Watson Elementary School. Mrs. Howel (left), Earl Lewis, Brandon Dietz, and Nathan Pope (right) worked on an apple pie together.
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Neighbors | Submitted.Prior to Nov. 16, many of the students in Dana Elias' class had never baked a pie before. Chad Fullum (front left), Aiden Webb, Jude Burkell, Angelina Mulholland (front right), and Mrs. Macaskey (back) showed their cherry pies before sending them off to bake in the school cafeteria. *cherry pie
By NATALIE SCOTT
Many students in Dana Elias’ third-grade class at Watson Elementary had never baked pies before Nov. 16, when they, with the help of parent, teacher, and even educational board volunteers, prepared pumpkin, apple, and cherry pies to donate to the Rescue Mission of the Mahoning Valley.
Students prepared the pies as part of a lesson that combined math (measuring ingredients) with social studies (giving back to the community). Elias said she came up with the idea because she also baked pies in fifth grade when she was in school and she remembered the lesson all her life.
“When the students learned about the Mission and what little some people have, they learned what things in their life they should really be thankful for. I knew I wanted to do something with cooking for a lesson in class and I thought this would be a great way to teach them and also give them an opportunity to give back,” Elias said.
Tom Stellers, a member of the Austintown Board of Education, helped the students make the pies.
“I think it’s a great opportunity for the kids to display their desire to help others. The kids also wrote notes to the people at the Mission to go along with the pies,” Stellers said.
The pies were prepared in the classroom and baked by the staff in the Frank Ohl cafeteria.