Our Lady of the Assumption students participated in the Daffodil Project to remember the youngest victims of the Holocaust. The students, l-r, are Michaela Lopez, Izzie Wojna and Ava Godbey.

ATLANTA—Fifth-grade students at Our Lady of the Assumption School planted a daffodil garden as part of the Daffodil Project. The goal of the Daffodil Project is to build a living Holocaust memorial by planting 1.5 million daffodils around the world to commemorate the 1.5 million children murdered during the Holocaust. The daffodil flower represents the yellow Star of David that Jews were forced to wear in public during the Holocaust, and the perennial nature of this flower inspires hope for the future and recalls that life is eternal.

The school project is a culmination of a cross-curricular examination of the Holocaust. Students planted 500 daffodil bulbs in the courtyard garden in front of the office entrance to OLA Church, adjacent to the main entrance to the school. Visitors to the church and school can expect to enjoy the blooming daffodils in late February to early March.