Students reach out to community through Empathy Project

SEELEY LAKE – Seeley-Swan High School English students are embarking on a new project entitled the Empathy Project. With the help of the University of Montana School of Journalism and guided by the classic “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, the students will be capturing the stories of community members to share through podcasts and photographs.

“To Kill a Mockingbird” was written by Harper Lee and published in 1960. One of the main themes in the book is compassion.

In the book Father Atticus Finch spoke to his six-year-old daughter “Scout” (Jean Louise Finch), “First of all,” he said, “if...