When Quinn Rerucha learned, as a fifth grader, that monarchs are endangered, she wanted to do something to help them.

Now, as a sixth grader, she’s reaping the rewards of her interest and labor.

“Mrs. [Amy] Boros, my science teacher, encouraged us to think about putting in a natural environment for animals in our yard. She said even if we don’t mow just a small patch of land in our yard, it would be…