- Dates
- 2016-06-15 – 2016-07-09
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- educationcommunityrecreation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In June 2016, island partners announced a Born Learning Trail project for preschool-age children, with planned signs at Beaver Island Community School, the library, and Jewell Gillespie playground. On July 9, the project reported that the signs had arrived and sought help mounting them on plywood.
Evidence limits
The forum establishes the project announcement, planned locations, sign delivery, and installation at the library and school. An August volunteer call scheduled the first sign installations and school painting work. It does not establish installation at every planned site, the final route, or continuing condition.
Open questions
- Were signs ever installed at Jewell Gillespie playground, the third planned site, alongside the confirmed installations at the library and school?
- Do the Born Learning Trail signs still stand at these sites, and who maintains them today?
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Sources
- The notice describes a Human Services Commission and islander project with Leadership Charlevoix and United Way, identifies planned sign locations at the school, library, and Jewell Gillespie playground, and later reports that the signs arrived. The thread does not document installation or final operation of the trail.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010307
- The follow-up reports that signs had been installed at the library and school and solicits artists to add a Monarch-butterfly/milkweed image and school hopscotch and nature symbols. It does not establish installation at every planned site or long-term maintenance.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010607
- The Human Services Commission requested volunteers to install three signs at the library on August 3 and additional signs at the school on August 4, along with painting a hopscotch area and sidewalk symbols. This is a first-party volunteer call and planned work schedule; it does not independently verify completion.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010593
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island partners announce and receive Born Learning Trail signs, 2016”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-born-learning-trail-project-2016/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Beaver Island Born Learning Trail,” June 15 and July 9, 2016. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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