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St. Anne’s apple-themed learning event highlights delicious fun

By Alex T. Paschal
Hudson Lappin, Rory King and Carson Adcock work the apple-grinder as fourth- and fifth-grade students at St. Anne’s School in Dixon learn to make apple sauce Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. The apple sauce making stop in the science, technology, religion, engineering, at and math session was one of three the classes rotated through.

Hudson Lappin, Rory King and Carson Adcock work the apple-grinder as fourth- and fifth-grade students at St. Anne’s School in Dixon learn to make apple sauce Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. The apple sauce making stop in the science, technology, religion, engineering, at and math session was one of three the classes rotated through. (Alex T. Paschal - apaschal@shawmedia.com)

Apples are deliciously munchy, especially this time of year.

But for the students at St. Anne’s of Dixon, apples were used in a learning event that emphasized a wide range of disciplines.

Under the banner of STREAM, lessons using apples were covered in exercises in science, technology, religion, engineering, art and mathematics.

The students rotated through stations for their various lessons.

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Ag in the Classroom instructor Katie Pratt talks to St. Anne’s second- and third-grade students on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, about apple-growing during a STREAM event at the school. The school held an apple-centric session of hands on learning for the disciplines of science, technology, religion, arts and math.

Ag in the Classroom instructor Katie Pratt talks to St. Anne’s second- and third-grade students on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, about apple-growing during a STREAM event at the school. The school held an apple-centric session of hands on learning for the disciplines of science, technology, religion, engineering, arts and math. (Alex T. Paschal - apaschal@shawmedia.com)

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Photojournalist/columnist for Sauk Valley Media