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OCTOBER 28, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXIII • NO 18
EXPLORE Across Town, Across PA BY WENDY ROYAL
Middle-schoolers at Hershey Christian Academy built a survival shelter as part of a study of Johann Wyss’ “The Swiss Family Robinson.�
Hershey Christian Academy students Lauren Kreiser (left) and Dakota Chestnut display their balsa wood treehouse.
racking coconuts with rocks and making bowls of the shells. Chewing out the sweetness of a piece of sugar cane. Building a rough shelter with branches, vines, and leaves. Such were the hands-on experiences that were part of a unit on Johann Wyss’ “The Swiss Family Robinson� for middle-schoolers at Hershey Christian Academy. Although written in the early 1800s, the survival classic is timeless for its celebration of family resourcefulness, reverence for God, love for adventure, and meticulous descriptions of plant and animal species. As part of the unit, students made rope baskets, built balsa wood treehouses, and learned about unfamiliar things like cochineal beetles, land crabs, and cassava
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HERSHEY LIBRARY PLANS ACTIVITIES . . . . .2
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Sophia Bozell, a student at Hershey Christian Academy, showcases the rope basket she made.
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bread. Everyone picked a favorite character and wrote point-of-view essays about goal setting and achievement. They watched instructional videos about experiences like tapping rubber trees, irrigating with bamboo, and the pigeon post. As one of the final activities of the unit, students watched the 1960 Disney movie; the students unanimously decided that they preferred the book. Located at 99 Valley Road, Hummelstown, Hershey Christian Academy is in its second year of offering instruction for 4-year-old kindergartners through 10th-grade students. For more information, including midyear enrollment, readers may contact the school office at 717-312-7595 or email info@hersheychristianacademy.org.
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According to many travel polls, travelers are choosing small-town destinations for getaways and vacations. Not just now, because of COVID, but into the spring and summer of 2021. Fewer crowds, less traffic, unique culture, and friendly locals make visiting obscure locations more desirable than ever. As the editor of Where & When Pennsylvania, a publication of Engle Printing & Publishing Co., Inc. (EPC), I quickly learned that many of us have little idea of what’s going on in our surrounding area, let alone across the commonwealth. That’s why we’re launching a new series in our community papers called EXPLORE Across Town, Across PA. Each month we’ll feature a town in our coverage area, as well as a destination somewhere in Pennsylvania. Along the way, we hope to show that you don’t have to travel far to find great restaurants, unique shops, amazing outdoor locations, and world-class historical sites. Traveling locally
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