Second-graders at La Cañada Elementary School celebrated Johnny Appleseed’s birthday. They learned he was born as Johnny Chapman on Sept. 26, 1877, and he loved exploring nature, picking apples and planted apple orchards. Parent volunteers assisted as the students moved to various activity stations, including making an apple drawing, learning the various types of apples, tasting them, measuring and weighing them, completing apple word puzzles and everyone’s favorite, apple painting T-shirts. Sprouts donated Fuji, Granny Smith, red delicious, gala, honey crisp and golden apples for the celebration.
