Sandy Hook Elementary School students ventured with parents and Math/Science Specialist Kris Feda to the Victory Garden in Fairfield Hills on Wednesday, June 3, to plant and work on rows overseen by the school community.

Both Reed Intermediate School and Sandy Hook School have two rows at the Victory Garden. An after school group from Reed visits the garden weekly, when planting is seasonal, with Reed teacher Dawn Ford, who was also present to help the Sandy Hook School students on June 3.

The Sandy Hook School Victory Garden rows are maintained by the school’s community as a whole, but students volunteered to spend time working on June 3.

Under the guidance of Victory Garden Site Coordinator and founder Harvey Pessin, the students worked to plant marigolds, tomatoes, and peppers.

Mr Pessin also introduced the students to different gardening tools before work began for the afternoon.

According to Ms Feda, throughout the summer, Sandy Hook School families and volunteers will work to care for the plantings before the food will be donated to the FAITH Food Pantry.