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G N I W O R G A G N I D A E R N E D R A G

Once upon a time, there was an old computer lab . . .

that needed a little sprucing up.

Mrs. Wyatt knew her students would appreciate a cheery, quiet place to fall into a story. She planted the seed of an idea with Mr. Modaff, the PTO, GMS SLT, BFEE, and many talented people.

The Buildings & Grounds Department took away a whiteboard, some wires and other ugly debris. They painted blue skies. Mr. & Mrs. Wyatt and Hannah Ahnen camouflaged the cupboards.

Thanks to Mrs. Ahnen’s incredible talent, a great big tree began to grow in this space!

Third-graders gave the birds a place to live in that tree.

Mrs. Spence, Mrs. Nicely, & Mrs. Agro helped the Kinder- gartners create a lovely Book Cottage.

The Batavia Foundation for Educational Excellence seeded the lawn and bought some nice flowers. The Book Cottage passed the inspection. (Full Disclosure: The building inspector is related to Mrs. Wyatt.)

Ms. Pappanduros planted some bushes, and every child in the school helped them to bud out.

Mrs. Wyatt fenced in the Garden and made a flowery hide-away with funds from the School Leadership Team. Ms. Hubbard sewed cushions for wicker furniture that was purchased by the PTO.

Ms. Hubbard couldn’t “leave” it at that, so she made pillows for this garden spot.

As the garden grew, it attracted all sorts of insects - dragonflies, caterpillars, butterflies, ladybugs . . .

With a lot of help from the PTO, more seating started sprouting up!

And in the end, there was a wonderful, enchanted place

where many, many children would enjoy stories happily ever after.

Only the beginning ...