2/20/13 - Students and staff dedicated a new addition to the playground at a Howell elementary school during a ceremony yesterday. A new handicap-accessible play table sandbox at Southeast Elementary was constructed for students with disabilities to enjoy with their peers outside. Students and staff gathered and placed bags of sand into the 4-foot by 8-foot play table together yesterday. It was built by Eagle Scout Jeremy Stoops, a 17-year-old senior at North Farmington High School. Stoops learned from his troop leader that the school was looking for an Eagle Scout to help with the project and he began planning for it last June, after presenting the concept to Southeast Principal Rhonda Barber and Occupational Therapist Kim Elder. Stoops handled fundraising for the project and began building the sandbox in early January, finishing it up about a month later. Photo courtesy of Howell Public Schools. (JM)
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