Butterfly garden Dedicated to second-grader - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Cooper City school dedicates butterfly garden as a memorial to second-grader who died in May
Butterfly garden a memorial to second-grader who died in May
By Chris Guanche | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
December 21, 2008
When butterflies fly through Embassy Creek Elementary School in Cooper City, they'll have a special meaning now.
The butterflies, and the garden patterned after them, are part of a memorial to Emily Adamson, a second-grader who died of cancer in May. Emily had spent several years battling neuroblastoma, a cancer commonly found in children and infants.
Following Emily's death, students and their families showed an outpouring of support, said Principal Robert Becker.
Becker said the school wanted to feature a fitting memorial for Emily that would mean more than just a plaque with her name. "We wanted to do something special, something that could be used by all children," he said.
Becker said Emily's love of butterflies kicked off the idea to create a garden focused on them. Emily's father, David Adamson, said she collected butterfly cocoons and watched them grow in the hospital during a November 2007 relapse.
"It was always a big thing to her," Adamson said...............
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