With shovels in hand, students at Napier Elementary School will break ground Thursday, August 29, at 12:30 p.m. on an innovative outdoor learning space designed just for them through a collaboration with the PNC Foundation and Governor's Early Literacy Foundation.
A group of Napier students will be joined by MNPS Director of Schools Dr. Adrienne Battle, Napier Principal Whitney Russell, PNC Bank regional president Mike D. Johnson, and Governor's Early Literacy Foundation President and CEO James Pond to launch the construction project.
The outdoor learning space will feature a Storybook Trail, a colorful place where students and families will be able to engage in reading a familiar story together, as well as an outdoor classroom area and play equipment. The Storybook Trail will be the first at an elementary school in Tennessee.
Who: MNPS and Napier Elementary leaders, teachers, and students, PNC Bank executives, Governor's Early Literacy Foundation officials
What: Groundbreaking for the Napier Storybook Trail and outdoor learning space
When: Thursday, August 29, 12:30 p.m.
Where: Napier Elementary School, 70 Donelson St., Nashville (Event will be outside by the "I Love Napier" mural)
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