Moosonee kindergarten students reach out to garden vandal

Up North5:07Kidergarten garden damaged

The kindergarten class at Moosonee Public School had the vegetable garden they planted destroyed.

A kindergarten teacher in Moosoneesays she was surprised by the wayher students are reacting aftersomeone destroyed their school garden.

Melissa Romanow, with Moosonee Public School, said she and the students discovered last week that someone had ripped out parts of their harvest in their garden plot and smashed produce on a nearby road.

She said some produce is still left in the garden, but added much was lost, including the carrots and cucumbers.

Its a hard lesson for a class of kindergarten students to learn, but Romanow said the children are taking a different approach.

I was really surprised with the attitude about it, she said.I was frustrated. I was not happy, but they kind of took it in a different direction and they were concerned that maybe someone was hungry and needed the food.

Romanow said the children in her class wanted to write a letter about it, expressing their disappointment, but also added theyre willing to share their food if someone who is hungry needs it.