A Morning of Fun at Jefferson Harvest Festival
It was pure fall fun at Jefferson Primary School’s Harvest Festival as kindergarten students enjoyed a day of pumpkin picking, hayrides, art, song and food.
The annual outdoor activity is always a hit with the youngsters and their parents and follows on the heels of lessons focusing on Huntington’s agricultural traditions and early American practices and rituals.
A pumpkin patch sprung up overnight after students tossed “magic” seeds a day earlier. The children reveled in walking through the bright orange field. After selecting one of the pumpkins as their own, the youngsters called on their artistic talents to decorate and personalize it. The results were quite impressive.
“The Jefferson Harvest Festival was a great success,” Principal Margaret H. Evers said. “Kindergarteners were amazed to discover that pumpkins had grown overnight in the Jefferson kindergarten playground.”
A committee comprised of PTA volunteers help coordinate the day, which saw students sing harvest songs, go on a hay ride around the campus and acquire the art of making and stuffing scarecrows. Children munched on a snack of popcorn and apple cider.
One of the highlights of the day came when Jefferson librarian Cindy Tietjen read “Stone Soup” to the children as they added ingredients to make a big kettle of “delicious and mouthwatering” soup for the group to enjoy.
Whether it was the school’s famous scarecrow race, a bean bag toss contest or decorating pumpkins, it was a day of fun. School custodian Tom Ehlers drove the hay ride “
“Even though it was a chilly morning, happy parents had great fun watching their children enjoy the beautiful day,” Mrs. Evers said.
“It was a super fun morning,” was a quip repeatedly uttered by students, staff members and parents.
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