“It’s a Jewish custom to put stones on headstones,” Shapiro said, “you’ll see that at any Jewish cemetery, it’s usually not flowers, it’s stones.”
“It’s just an unbelievable opportunity that I think is just special for educators,” teacher Kate Vitek said.
Seventh grader Avery Feuerman was one of the first ones to bring a stone to the school. Her stone included the names of her family members who were lost during the Holocaust. Feuerman commented that, while she has not visited Europe before, the initiative is an opportunity to connect to her family: “It feels like I’m contributing myself.”
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