Thevenet Montessori students send cranes to Japan

Highland Mills - On April 13, 2011, elementary school students at Thevenet Montessori School in Highland Mills made more than 60 origami cranes to give to OshKosh BGosh’s tsunami relief program for Japanese children. The children’s clothing company is sending the cranes to its stores in Japan, and for every crane given, OshKosh will send an article of clothing to children in Japan. In Japanese culture, cranes are a powerful symbol of health and well wishes. Thevenet students learned about Japan as part of the physical and cultural geography Montessori curriculum, and talked about the earthquakes and tsunami.