BOISE, Idaho — A local Boise school celebrated the planet on Monday by "Bugging Out."
Students at Montessori Academy Barber Station in Boise got lucky by releasing thousands of ladybugs into their schoolyard gardens. The school, which opened its doors for the very first time in September, wanted to have an Earth Day the students would remember. Leading up to Earth Day, ladybugs were a topic in the classroom.
Students heard about the benefits of having lady bugs in your garden, because they will act as a natural pesticide for you... eating other insects trying to eat your plants.
On Monday, the students got to see ladybugs in action. Outside in the schoolyard, there's a handful of garden beds for students to plant in. Staff helped students plant wildflower seeds and brought out 3,000 ladybugs for students to release into the gardens or on tree branches inside the schoolyard.
School Principal Kelly Jones said not only did this event teach the students about lifecycles and plant. But it also allows students to work together, which is important skill taught at the Montessori Academy.
"Gardening together like this is showing that we can come together as a community and take care of something," she said.
The school got its Earth Day supplies - including the ladybugs, from a local gardening store. But what made the event extra special for staff and students at Montessori Academy is that this is their first time planting in their garden since opening.
The students had no problem digging in the dirt and letting ladybugs crawl up their hands in order to place the ladybugs into their new homes at Montessori Academy.
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