Milton students have fun with baby chicks

26 cute and fuzzy baby chicks entertained and educated students at the Milton Centennial School plus students surprised their vice principal through an education week project.

The school received the eggs from Blake Morash.

For 21 days students watched the eggs sit in an incubator. “You have to keep the temperature and water constant,” said PSA Stephanie Wilson, “we had three dozen and ended up with 26 babies.”

The eggs hatched May 6 and 7.

She said they showed students pictures of the entire process. “For the kids to see how something goes from just an egg, there’s pictures that look inside the egg too.”

Being able to see the actual process educates children and makes them ask questions, she said as she recalled one boy asking his mother if he came from an egg. “So it’s a real learning process about caring for something smaller than you,” added Wilson.

Students had the baby chicks until May 9.

Students at the Milton Centennial School also took part in a “peace project” for Education Week, said Vice Principal Roseanne Williams.

This year’s theme was “peace.” “We bought them all digital cameras and the project was they had to go find peace in their communities and homes,” she explained.

Students spent the month of April discussing what peace looks like through pictures of walkways, beaches, fire or rain, she said. “I gave out 23 cameras, each had 27 pictures when they came back I did the percentages, 90% of the pictures were of family, friends and pets,” said Williams.

She added, all they had talked about in April were all the places that could be peaceful. “Safe and happy to a child is significant others, I just thought that was remarkable,” she commented.

Williams noted she did not see one photograph of a Nintendo or fourwheeler. “The material things in their lives are not important to them, happy and safe to them are all these people,” she said pointing to the wall of photographs.

As a teacher, Williams feels “kids don’t care about stuff, they don’t care where they live, what stuff you give them, they want people with them.”

Williams would love to see an older grade do the project.