Surrey elementary school students raise butterflies to learn about the cycle of life

Over 250 elementary school children who helped raise dozens of butterflies took part in a ceremony to release those butterflies at Surrey Centre Cemetery on Wednesday.

A butterfly rests on a student’s finger. Eleven Grade-1 classrooms participated in the butterfly release ceremony on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. (Ben Nelms/CBC News)Jonah, 7, is pictured with a butterfly on his face, as he and schoolmates release the dozens of butterflies they raised at Surrey Centre Cemetery in Surrey, B.C. (Ben Nelms/CBC News)

The Grade 1 students from AJ McLellan Elementary School have been raising the butterflies with help from staff at the cemetery as part of their lifecycle curriculum, where

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