Kara Houser

Houser’s innovative teaching idea, “Calling all Monarchs!”, is focused on teaching the students of the Grove Patterson Academy about the journey of the Monarch Butterfly. Students involved with the program will develop a respect for the human world through the development of the butterfly's habitat. They will learn how to properly care for the butterflies, focusing on what they eat and how they lay eggs. Students will also study the methods of attracting butterflies to their “at home” gardens through the development of a butterfly garden at school. This will be an interactive project allowing students to design and construct butterfly beds in a garden that will follow them from the third and fourth grade, all the way through to eighth grade – ultimately caring for the beds through their next six years at Grove Patterson Academy.