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Woods offer life lessons to students

Fourth-graders clear trails in school project

Bagnall Elementary School students and advisers on a bridge built during their trail-clearing project. Bagnall Elementary School students and advisers on a bridge built during their trail-clearing project. (Lisa Poole for The Boston Globe)
By Karen Sackowitz
Globe Correspondent / July 25, 2010

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With summer in full swing, 9-year-old Julia Matos is spending her vacation playing with friends and swimming in her pool. The relaxation is well-deserved, following a school year that included plenty of class work and some serious manual labor. (Full article: 820 words)

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