Well over 200 volunteers worked this summer to improve our campus and to extend our garden and Science learning sites. You may have noticed our torn up lawn and bare grounds but it is all to improve the landscaping, water usage and to provide more learning zones. The front of the school will have a native plant and woodland garden learning zone, along with pathways and sitting areas that will offer our families and community new areas to learn and enjoy.  Many thanks to our garden sponsors Sutherland Plumbing and John Deere Landscaping. They have made some great in kind donations to our landscaping projects.

In addition to the project going on in the front of the school, we have expanded our vegetable garden. The students will be able to see their food growing!  The area behind the cafeteria has been turned and planted with additional crops to thlep fuel our school garden snack. We have voracious beggie eaters on our campus. This area will also house a new outdoor classroom with a sitting area and shad structure.  All students will meet in this area to start their garden lessons this year You may also notice some beautiful flowers in this zone. These are the start of a butterfly garden/insect pavillion.

We hope to transform our campus and bring science to life! It is our goal to create hands on science learning zones throughout campus.  This program, called Science Alive will begin this year 2009/2010, with a partnership between Garden class time and Sscience Lab.  Students will be learning  the same subjects during their Science Lab and Garden Units. We hope this will enable students to better grasp the curriculum and get really excited about Science. If you would like to get involved in the Science Alive/Garden Program, call the office for more information at 277-6364. 

Shannon Hardwicke, Garden Docent Coordinator.