Mohansic third graders present wolf‑conservation project, announce $800 donation to Wolf Conservation Center
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Third‑grade students from Mohansic Elementary presented a literacy and conservation project about wolves, showcased logos and PSAs, and announced an $800 donation to the Wolf Conservation Center; the board and superintendent praised the students.
Third‑grade students from Mohansic Elementary presented their class literacy project and advocacy work on behalf of wolf conservation at the Yorktown Central School District Board of Education meeting on April 21, displaying original logos, public‑service announcements and announcing an $800 donation to the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, N.Y.
Mrs. Berry (principal, Mohansic School) introduced the third graders and Antonella Davel and other staff who led the presentation. A sequence of students explained classroom reading units comparing fictional portrayals of wolves with nonfiction texts and described persuasive‑writing and design activities.
Student presenters described activities that included reading the nonfiction book Face to Face with Wolves, researching the ecological role of wolves, creating individual wolf logos under library guidance, animating those logos into PSAs using the ChatterPix app, and conducting a blind vote in class to choose a logo for a class t‑shirt fundraiser. One student said the project used persuasive writing “to give them the facts,” while another said the class hoped “to join the Wolf Conservation Center in their mission to help save wolves.”
Mrs. Berry announced that “our 115 third graders and families” raised a total of $800 to donate to the Wolf Conservation Center. Dr. Hatter and multiple board members praised the students’ work. Board member Peter said, “You should be really, really proud of yourself… It was really, really impressive.” Lisa Sanfilippo told the students she had once thought wolves were “big, bad animals” but now “knows different” after the presentation.
Why it matters: the project combined literacy, art and persuasive writing with civic engagement and fundraising; the students’ $800 donation was presented at the meeting and will be sent to the Wolf Conservation Center, according to the classroom and principal remarks.
The board accepted the students’ presentation, thanked teachers and families, and the superintendent said the Mohansic gift will be displayed in central office as a token of appreciation.