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Michigan Apple Queen Shares Fruit, Message with Students

Students all received an apple from the Michigan Apple Queen
Students all received an apple from the Michigan Apple Queen

Comstock Park Public Schools Stoney Creek Elementary students got a lesson in agriculture along with a sweet, crunchy snack from the Michigan Apple Queen recently.

Mary Stoll, 2015 Michigan Apple Queen visited the kindergarten through second graders to read Ten Apples Up on Top by Dr. Seuss and talk about Michigan apples, grown right in the area.

“Promise me when you are at the store, what kind of apples will you tell your parents to buy?” Stoll asked students.

Second-grade teacher Stacey Alt was 1987 Michigan Apple Queen
Second-grade teacher Stacey Alt was 1987 Michigan Apple Queen

“Michigan apples!” they shouted.

“They are so sweet and juicy; they are the best!” Stoll said.

Stoll was accompanied by her aunt Stacey Alt, a second-grade Stoney Creek teacher and 1987 Michigan Apple Queen. The queen serves as the face of the apply industry visiting festivals, events and schools. Young women who compete for the title must be daughters, sisters, nieces or granddaughters of Michigan apple producers.

Mary Stoll read to students for March is Reading Month
Mary Stoll read to students for March is Reading Month

Stoll’s visit tied in with National School Breakfast Week, which highlights that eating a nutritious breakfast contributes to school success, and March is Reading Month. Stacey Alt and her husband, John Alt, who operate John and Stacey Alt Farms, in Casnovia, donated 550 Fuji apples, one for each student to snack on.

Stoll, now a Ferris State University student, graduated from Kent City High School in 2014. Part of her mission is to get Michigan apples in school breakfasts and lunches, she said.

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Erin Albanese
Erin Albanese
Erin Albanese is managing editor and reporter, covering Kentwood, Lowell and Wyoming. She was one of the original SNN staff writers, helping launch the site in 2013, and enjoys fulfilling the mission of sharing the stories of public education. She has worked as a journalist in the Grand Rapids area since 2000. A graduate of Central Michigan University, she has written for The Grand Rapids Press, Advance Newspapers, On-the-Town Magazine and Group Tour Media. Read Erin's full bio

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