Grade 4 students from High Prairie St. Andrew’s School and Grade 3-4 students from High Prairie Elementary School went to MacIntyre Park May 26 to participate in the annual Dlugosz Dig, which is held annually to plant flowers at the park. Students volunteer their services each year as part of community service. The Dlugosz Dig is held by the High Prairie Community Beautification Association and organized by Trish Long in memory of Mary Dlugosz, who cared for flowers at the park for many years. The Royal Purple Elks donated the flowers as they do each year. Students took turns planting the flowers under the watchful eyes of Beautification volunteers, teachers and education assistants.
St. Andrew’s School student Eric Watts examines his petunia carefully before removing it from the box.A man’s gotta dig when a man’s gotta dig! High Prairie Elementary School student Theodore James gets down to business!St. Andrew’s School student Thandeka Ncube is all smiles as she carefully takes the petunia out of its box.St. Andrew’s School students in a row planting a row! From front to back are Serenity Forseille, Kade Boisson and Chloe Whitford.Hard to tell which one is prettier! The flowers or High Prairie Elementary School student Shyne Carifelle.High Prairie Elementary School student Ava Slippery prepares to lower her petunia into the hole she dug before planting.Just how does this work? High Prairie Elementary School students Michelle Lock, left, and Alaina Stecik give each other a helping hand.High Prairie Elementary School students make quite the team! In front is Jenaya Sansome. Behind her are Anna Lay, left, and Khloe Brzezicki.High Prairie Elementary School students plant some of the last flowers before the job is completed. Note the boxes set out so student would know where to plant. Left-right are Lucas Calhoon, A.J. Smith and Michelle Lock.High Prairie Elementary School Grade 4 students took a break from planting flowers. Left-right are Christopher Noskiye and Emma Nielsen. They were entitled to a break while waiting their turn.Calgary Flames fan Lily Gordon, left, and Edmonton Oilers fan Dax Johnson plant flowers at MacIntyre Park May 26 as part of the High Prairie Community Beautification Association’s programs. Enemies on the ice, friends off the ice, perhaps? Both are students at High Prairie Elementary School.
