Students learn the value of earning their money

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Robbie Drosche, Anna Saxton, Devvie McMillan, Sara Krebs, Angela Mecham, Natalie Grimm and Nancy Harmelin, Coarsegold Special Education students and their teachers, enjoy lunch at McDonalds with money earned from aluminum cans.

COARSEGOLD — The Coarsegold Special Education students, with teachers Nancy Harmelin, Devvie McMillan, Bonnie Trimble, Patricia Vallentyne and Holly Longatti, are learning the value of hard-earned money.

The students, Robbie Drosche, Christian Drosche, Bryan Guilliams, Natalie Grimm, Angela Mecham, Sara Krebs, Anna Saxton, Gabriel Allen and Travis Rogozienski, worked hard to crush a collection of aluminum cans, then took them to the Heartland Recycling facility.

The money they received for the cans was used for a fun day of bowling at Sierra Lanes in Oakhurst, plus a tasty lunch at a fast-food restaurant. What better way for kinds to learn a lesson in becoming part of the community’s work force?