We headed down Carew to Judson Street. On Carew, between Judson and Alvin, is Liberty Elementary School (photo courtesy of Springfield Public Schools).
Liberty Elementary is part of the Springfield Public School system's Magnet School program, and this school focuses on mathematical discovery and communications.
"• Hands-on math activities are at the heart of teaching and learning;
• Students learn the “language” of math and make important connections to other content areas through inter-disciplinary lessons and units;
• Laptop computers help students learn about the field of communications;
• State-of-the art, student-run TV studio engages them in the many aspects of broadcast journalism."
Liberty Elementary also has Friday specials: "At Liberty, Friday afternoons are turned into a veritable festival of music, art, dance, drama, strategic games, and students busily compiling the school newsletter or videos in the videoediting lab. All staff members host an activity for students who choose from a variety of creative endeavors such as chorus, song-writing and production, video editing, Irish dance, arts and crafts, drumming, among many others. Friday SPECIALS Celebrations occur at the end of each session when students are able to share the results and products of their efforts or perform for the school community." Sounds like fun.
The small dog and I walked down Judson to Roy, then up Alvin to Carew. We then headed down Norman, and near the Roy end of that street I saw this:
A barn! In Springfield! In really good shape! Upon seeing this, I immediately became homesick.
We turned from Norman onto Roy and went down Newbury to Woodmont. We made a detour off Woodmont to the end of Denton Circle and back, checking out Drew Court along the way. Fun fact: Denton Circle is nowhere near circular in shape. It's actually mostly straight. We continued on down Woodmont to where it meets Liberty.
At the corner of Woodmont and Liberty is the Tougias Baking Company. An anonymous poster on InsiderPages.com said "Tougias Baking Company makes fantastic tasting breads, rolls. It is nice to be able to do business with a local business that specializes in making bread." I wish I could've smelled some baking bread. That smell makes me happy.
We crossed Liberty to finish Woodmont, turning onto Penacook and then Langdon to start the trek back home. We followed Liberty back down to where Tougias Baking Company is and followed Woodmont up to Newbury. We took a quick left onto Newbury and then a right onto Long Terrace. At the corner of Newbury and Long I noticed something that made me smile.
Someone had chopped down a big, old tree and these homeowners decided to plant a sapling inside the leftover stump. I thought that was neat.
We followed Long all the way up to Strong, took Strong to Carew, and headed home.
Looking at the map, I think my next little goal will be to finish everything on this side of Liberty, and then I'll head down to Chestnut and start working on the streets farthest way, working our way back up toward our house.
135 down, 88 to go
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