It’s a dilemma teachers faced when schools shut down their campuses when the pandemic began: what happens to students’ projects when they cannot work on them at school anymore?
Agriculture teacher Amy Paterson wasn't about to let the learning die inside her greenhouse. “That’s my job as their advisor and their teacher is to do those things to make sure their project survives," Amy Paterson said. "We cannot allow this situation that we’re in to stop the learning and educational process.” For the past two months, this Windermere High School teacher has single-handedly helped keep those projects alive, including a hydroponic farm involving mangroves. “We are testing, using these fish, to see mangroves grow faster and better,” junior Hendrix