Harborview Elementary School fifth-graders Reece Hill, center, and Lauren Purves teach Pioneer Home resident Lenore Honsinger how to make paper cranes during a visit on Thursday.

Harborview Elementary School fifth-graders Reece Hill, center, and Lauren Purves teach Pioneer Home resident Lenore Honsinger how to make paper cranes during a visit on Thursday.

Photos: Paper cranes

Students in school counselor Annie Caulfield’s “Roots and Chutes” service club created a mobile with hundreds of paper cranes folded by fourth- and fifth-graders and presented it to the Juneau Pioneer Home.

A Juneau Pioneer Home resident holds a paper crane made during a visit by Haborview Elementary School students on Thursday.

A Juneau Pioneer Home resident holds a paper crane made during a visit by Haborview Elementary School students on Thursday.

Harborview Elementary School fifth-graders Madeline Germain, left, and Tahlia Gerger talk about the history of paper cranes during a visit to the Juneau Pioneer Home on Thursday.

Harborview Elementary School fifth-graders Madeline Germain, left, and Tahlia Gerger talk about the history of paper cranes during a visit to the Juneau Pioneer Home on Thursday.

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