FJH art project based on Holocaust child victim’s poem

Fairfield Junior High students learn about the Holocaust while creating beautiful art.

“It was the first big project this year for Junior High art students, and mine as a first-year art teacher!” exclaims Laura Meister.

During the month of September, sixth through eighth grade art students participated in The Butterfly Project: A collaborative Art Experience.

“By creating our butterflies, we learned how Art can preserve memory, honor lives, and cultures, and give a voice to history. We are reminded that even the most painful histories must never be forgotten.”

Creating butterfly art to remember the child victims of the Holocaust are Laura Meister’s students at Fairfield Junior High.

The Holocaust, during World War II, brought the

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