 Kindergarteners at Harrison Elementary School and Brainerd celebrated Thanksgiving in a unique way. Reporter Rachel Johnson has this week's Golden Apple. The gym at Harrison Elementary School was packed yesterday as kindergarteners, teachers and family joined together for a Thanksgiving meal. We've invited their parents or grandparents or their special guests to come for the day and enjoy Thanksgiving together. They work so hard all year long and our school is just like a great family. So we want to invite their parents to come for this special day. The tradition started around 10 years ago when two teachers, Miss Vots and Miss Roberts started working at Harrison together. As long as we're doing teaching together, I'm sure we'll do this every year. So it's a great fun. The turkeys were donated by the school and then each child is asked to bring a side dish or something to contribute to the feast. Pickles and olives and cheese and stuff and it's just an opportunity for the kindergarten kids to feast with their families. So it's a great thing. We love it every year. It's one of our favorite days. Leading up to the feast, the students decorate the gym and get it ready for their parents. They made all these great turkeys. They made a bag turkey. They made a little table topper turkey and a little pattern turkey and their little poster of their whole family and what they're thankful for. The staff at Harrison look forward to the tradition every year. We're a family here at Harrison. So as many opportunities as we can to get families in to do these things. You know, we do all these academics and all these other things, but we just have to take care of our families here. So we just love that this makes us feel like a family and come on in and you feast with your family and you enjoy your family. The kindergarten teachers believe it is important to step outside of the usual routine to celebrate Thanksgiving. This is just a great way to show that schools about celebrating our family and our friends. And when we work hard, we also get to have some little playtime too. So this is just a great way to kick off the Thanksgiving break. The teachers hope to keep the tradition of the Thanksgiving feast alive for years to come. Reporting from Brainerbitt this week's Golden Apple, Rachel Johnson, Lakeland News. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.