Zumwalt East High School students Kevin McPortland and Angie Meyer pull weeds around lettuce at the school's garden in St. Peters. Students are growing vegetables that will make their way to the school lunch tables. Photo by RYAN PREWITT
By Brian Flinchpaugh
stltoday.com
June 7, 2011
Catherine Shomper’s footwear was a bit unconventional last week for working in a muddy patch of ground that has become the Fort Zumwalt East High School garden.
“I wear heels a lot,” said the environmental science teacher — a point noticed on Friday by students and onlookers.
Heels do have an advantage — they make good holes for planting.
