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Alternative High School Students Perform Community Service Project

Join Garden Club in beautifying pocket parks in town.

Five students from the Farmington Alternative High School volunteered to help members of the Farmington Garden Club begin their spring clean up of the towns pocket parks. FAHS students are focusing on a number of different community service projects this year to meet their requirement of accruing at least 25 hours of community service during the school year.

At FAHS work study and internships combined with intense academic course work and community service projects intertwine into a comprehensive educational and satisfying learning experience for students.

The kids learn that the foundational strength for the success at FAHS begins with respect, resiliency and responsibility.

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Farmington Garden Club member Martha Cheshire and Beautification Chair Ann Mullen agree and were delighted to have the help. "The students were hard working and fun to be with, said Ann Mullen. "We even talked a bit about horticulture and invasive plants."

The Farmington Garden Club which was founded in 1941 to study and promote an interest in horticulture and to beautify and serve Farmington maintains many of the triangles and pocket parks in town.

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Several  drivers including a Farmington Police patrol car slowed down to thank the team for their effort.

Pictured are:

Dr. Michelle Kinsella, FAHS Coordinator; Martha Cheshire, Farmington Garden Club; Megan Myers, FAHS social worker; Ann Mullen, Beautification Chair with students Jake Nardi, Michael Quinn, Alyssa Williams, Taylor Wickstrom and Sheri Morris.


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