Saturday, April 30, 2011
Work Day- Finishing the Hoophouse
On April 30th, we added rich soil to our beds, gravel to the walkways, set up the water barrels and covered the hoop house with plastic. It was a busy,fun day with lots of helpful hands of all ages. Many thanks to all our volunteers and donors, especially Jackie Nooney for the beautiful soil!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
The Planting of the Green
The planting of the green was a tremendous success! The students learned about seeds from Strawberry Banke's master gardener, John Forti, before being presented with their very own heritage seeds. The seeds ranged from purple carrots, to popcorn and everything in between. After the presentation, 300 students spread out in the gymnasium and cafeteria for a simultaneous planting of the green. What a fun way to celebrate St.Patrick's day and all things green! We were also fortunate to have Bill Rogers with us. Bill created a wonderful documentary of the day which can be viewed here.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Growing Green on St. Patrick's Day
The press release we sent to local media today. Feel free to help spread the word!
Instead of wearing green this St. Patrick's Day, Central School students in South Berwick, ME will be growing green. Thursday will be an all-school planting day. Local gardener and historian John Forti, of Strawberry Banke in Portsmouth, NH. will come to the school to talk about gardening and planting. There will be readings, vegetable tastings, and then all the students will plant a heritage seed! The seeds will later be transferred to Central School's brand new Hoop House (which the students have named "Fresh Food Express") to begin Central School's First Garden. The hoop house is a small part of the school's new Outdoor Classroom which was designed, installed and maintained entirely by volunteers, school board members, families and local businesses. The gardening project is part of Michelle Obama's "Lets Move" initiative!. Nationally-renowned cookbook writer Kathy Gunst, along with local chefs and nutritionists, have been donating their time teaching cooking and nutrition classes with the Central School students for the past year.
For more information contact:
Vicki Stewart, Central School principal at 384-2333
vstewart@msad35.net
Kathy Gunst: www.kathygunst.com
kathygunst@comcast.net
Instead of wearing green this St. Patrick's Day, Central School students in South Berwick, ME will be growing green. Thursday will be an all-school planting day. Local gardener and historian John Forti, of Strawberry Banke in Portsmouth, NH. will come to the school to talk about gardening and planting. There will be readings, vegetable tastings, and then all the students will plant a heritage seed! The seeds will later be transferred to Central School's brand new Hoop House (which the students have named "Fresh Food Express") to begin Central School's First Garden. The hoop house is a small part of the school's new Outdoor Classroom which was designed, installed and maintained entirely by volunteers, school board members, families and local businesses. The gardening project is part of Michelle Obama's "Lets Move" initiative!. Nationally-renowned cookbook writer Kathy Gunst, along with local chefs and nutritionists, have been donating their time teaching cooking and nutrition classes with the Central School students for the past year.
For more information contact:
Vicki Stewart, Central School principal at 384-2333
vstewart@msad35.net
Kathy Gunst: www.kathygunst.com
kathygunst@comcast.net
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
MEF Grants Awarded to Central School for Outdoor Enrichment
Central School is very grateful to both the Marshwood Education Foundation and Central School PTO for their support of both the Outdoor Classroom and Fine Arts Week. We couldn't do it without the support of our community. To learn more about Marshwood Education Foundation, click here to visit their website.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Fresh Food Express
On Tuesday, November 2nd, preK-third grade students had the opportunity to vote on a new name for the Hoop House Project. We had over 250 names suggested by the students. The list was narrowed down to five and the winning name was the "Fresh Food Express". We are looking forward to our next visit with Kathy Gunst on November 15th. She will be accompanied by Eileen Behan, a nutritionist, who has some great activities planned for the students.
Outdoor Classroom Updates
Mark your calendar! There are two important Outdoor Classroom dates coming up next week that you may want to be aware of:
What: OUTDOOR CLASSROOM MEETING
When: Tuesday Nov 9, 2010, 6:30-8 pm
Come get informed and join the volunteers as we organize several important groups for the outdoor classroom. We will be talking about cooking, vegetable gardening, party planning, seeking sponsorships, and giving an update on everything in the works! This is a great time to sign up to help any way you can. If you can't make it but have interest in an area of the project, please leave a message and we will gladly sign you up and contact you after the meeting.
What: OUTDOOR CLASSROOM WORK DAY
When: Saturday Nov 13, 2010, from 10 am on
For our second volunteer work day, we will be building the hoop house and working on the stream bed for a rain garden, raking in grass seed and tackling other fun tasks. If you have an hour or two (or four) on Saturday the 13th, come join us - we'd love your help! If you have access to tools or landscaping materials please email back for a detailed list of items we are looking for this time around and tasks we will try to accomplish.
A note about email: We will be using a site called BigTent for much of the Outdoor Classroom communication. If you would like to keep on receiving updates and alerts on the Outdoor Classroom, please email us at cesoutdoors@gmail.com and we will add you to the BigTent list. You will be able to decide how much information you would like in your email box while having easy access to everything posted on the site, and a way to voice your ideas and opinions as well. We hope that will help everyone stay informed and connected.
Hope to see you at either event!
What: OUTDOOR CLASSROOM MEETING
When: Tuesday Nov 9, 2010, 6:30-8 pm
Come get informed and join the volunteers as we organize several important groups for the outdoor classroom. We will be talking about cooking, vegetable gardening, party planning, seeking sponsorships, and giving an update on everything in the works! This is a great time to sign up to help any way you can. If you can't make it but have interest in an area of the project, please leave a message and we will gladly sign you up and contact you after the meeting.
What: OUTDOOR CLASSROOM WORK DAY
When: Saturday Nov 13, 2010, from 10 am on
For our second volunteer work day, we will be building the hoop house and working on the stream bed for a rain garden, raking in grass seed and tackling other fun tasks. If you have an hour or two (or four) on Saturday the 13th, come join us - we'd love your help! If you have access to tools or landscaping materials please email back for a detailed list of items we are looking for this time around and tasks we will try to accomplish.
A note about email: We will be using a site called BigTent for much of the Outdoor Classroom communication. If you would like to keep on receiving updates and alerts on the Outdoor Classroom, please email us at cesoutdoors@gmail.com and we will add you to the BigTent list. You will be able to decide how much information you would like in your email box while having easy access to everything posted on the site, and a way to voice your ideas and opinions as well. We hope that will help everyone stay informed and connected.
Hope to see you at either event!
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