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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Hilltop Elementary School third-grade students learned about local history while visiting the Mahoning Dispatch and the Canfield Township Hall during the school’s annual Canfield History Walking Tour on June 3.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Marie Rupert’s Hilltop Elementary School third-grade class made a stop at the War Vets Museum during the school’s annual Canfield History Walking Tour on June 3.
By ABBY SLANKER
C.H. Campbell Elementary School third-grade students had the opportunity to learn about local Canfield history during their day-long Canfield History Walking Tour on June 7. This is the sixth year the third-grade classes have visited several historical sites and buildings on the village green and surrounding areas.
Stops on the tour included the Ruggles-Coope House, Old Courthouse, Christian Church, Odd Fellows Hall, Methodist Church, the Green and gazebo, Farmers National Bank vault, Mahoning Dispatch, Township Hall, War Vets Museum, Canfield Historical Society’s Bond House, Presbyterian Church, Canfield Village Middle School, Turner School Houses, WPA Building the Old Texaco Station and Dave Goddard’s house.
At the War Vets Museum, Mahoning Dispatch, Goddard’s house, WPA Building, Farmer’s National Bank, City Hall and the Bond House, students were treated to a tours and presentations from volunteers at those buildings. At the other historical stops, the third-grade teachers relayed the history of the locations to the students, highlighting the Ohio Historical Markers at the sites.
“It was very nice of the volunteers at the building to help our students learn about Canfield’s history. The kids learned a lot,” said CHC third-grade teacher Kara Mikolich.
Each class was assigned a color of T-shirt to wear, so teachers and accompanying parent volunteers could keep track of each class while taking the tour.
To end their walking tour, the students enjoyed a brown bag lunch at the new Canfield library.
This year marked the sixth year of the tour, which was originally created by C.H. Campbell third-grade teachers Marian Bailey and Heidi Snyder and Hilltop Elementary School third-grade teacher Jenny Beil. The teachers researched the historical stops to correlate with third-grade content standards, which includes learning about your community.