By Currents News
Students in Jamaica Estates, Queens learned how to care for God’s creation by coming together for a butterfly release in their school’s courtyard.
As part of the sixth through eighth grade curriculum pupils at Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy helped the butterflies grow their wings, nurturing them from their larval stage in designated classrooms.
They emerged from their cocoons and the students fed them sugar water and orange slices with the understanding from their teachers the value of protecting God’s creatures.
When the butterflies were ready to be released, the school gathered outside to watch them take flight.