Wlaf1450TOP PHOTO: Students in Mrs. Farris’s second grade class at Jacksboro Elementary won the $500 classroom scholarship and pizza party for their participation in the Caryville Cares Coloring Book Project.
By Charlotte Underwood
JACKSBORO, TN (WLAF) – Students in Mrs. Farris’s second grade class at Jacksboro Elementary School and students in Miss Dopp’s and Mrs. Welch’s classes at Caryville Elementary School enjoyed pizza and a visit from the “Mouse Limo” on Wednesday as part of the Caryville Cares Coloring Book Project.
Mrs. Farris’s class won the competition for participation, earning not only the pizza party, but a $500 scholarship to be used for classroom supplies.
Both classrooms in Caryville were runners up, earning a pizza party as well.
Members of the Caryville Cares Playground team and the Campbell County Lions Club were present to deliver pizza and the check on Wednesday.
A little more than a month ago, the Caryville Cares Playground team, along with the Campbell County Lions Club and the South Campbell County Rotary Club partnered for an inclusive coloring book project, which was distributed to all second graders across the county.
According to Caryville Cares Playground project team leader Brandon Johnson, the coloring books depict children who have various disabilities in order to teach children about inclusivity.
The project was paired with lessons for the teachers to teach inclusivity and kindness. The teacher that had the most participation earned the $500 grant for their classroom.
Johnson said the project went great, and “teachers and students did an awesome job.” (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 01/20/2023-6AM-PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHARLOTTE UNDERWOOD AND PAT PEBLEY)