The butterflies are free at McKinley Elementary School.
Thirty-five butterflies raised by Terri Carlin’s third-graders were released Thursday at Don Hillbrant’s home, 302 S. Colborn St. The “painted ladies” were freed from their containers to flutter on the flower-filled lawn.
Student Royce Smith thinks the whole caterpillar-to-chrysalis-to-butterfly thing is pretty cool.
And he really likes the way the chrysalis shakes itself to ward off enemies.
He learned all about it, including the proper names for the process, in Carlin’s classroom.…
Lesson takes flight for McKinley pupils
