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PALM COAST --
Community service-focused classes funded by grants allow students to break new ground and learn about things like Earth Day.
Students in the landscape and turf science class at Flagler Palm Coast High School chose three trees from the school's on-campus tree farm -- supported by a nearly $1,200 Flagler County Education Foundation grant -- to plant on an empty plot of land in the gym parking lot. And students enrolled in Matanzas High School's Princess Place Legacy Program, funded by a $47,500 grant from State Farm Insurance, led free tours of the preserve where classes are held to commemorate the environmental awareness day April 22.
"Planting these trees is a way to give back to the Earth," FPC junior Travis Taylor said after patting dirt around the base of a newly planted eastern redbud sapling.
To help educate the 12 boys in her class, including Taylor, teacher Patricia Reonas shared a video about the history of Earth Day on YouTube with them.
"I wanted them to be...