A trip to Disneyland

Students at Highland Pacific Elementary have been working together creating patches for quilts in hopes of raising enough money for a well deserved trip to the "Magical Kingdom."

This year, Gladys Lyman had an idea that would help students exercise their creative minds and receive a special reward in the process.

Lyman decided to have students create blocks of fabric that would be interconnected to form a quilt. Her project spread throughout other 5th and 6th grade classes throughout the school.

"It's kind of exciting for the kids," said Lyman.

The quilts created by the students, with some help from Lyman and other administrators will be raffled off next year. The money gathered from the sale of raffle tickets will go towards a trip to Disneyland for the 6th graders at Highland Pacific Elementary.

A group of students, in their respective classes, put their minds together and created fabric pieces that displayed their artistic talents.

Some students chose to create drawings of their favorite animals and original artistic designs.

Other blocks show the student's excitement for their upcoming trip to Disneyland, displaying drawings of the "Happiest Place on Earth."

"I think the quilts ended up being absolutely adorable and I think we're going to raise a lot of money," said Lyman.

Raffle tickets for a chance to win one of the quilts will start being sold Oct 10. Tickets can be obtained at Highland Pacific Elementary, or by contacting Lyman at (909) 862-4463.