Jenna Shea

Home-School Connection: Bees and Wasps

Brennan found some ground bees living in her neighborhood! Ground bees become active in early spring (right around now!) and dig their nests in the ground. They are similar to our honeybees in that they are beneficial pollinators that rarely sting. They are different from our honeybees because they are solitary bees (even though itContinue reading “Home-School Connection: Bees and Wasps”

Garden Update: March 19

Our pollinator garden is starting to bloom!

Massaged Kale Salad with Sweet Lemon Dressing

We celebrated St. Patrick’s Day this week with one of our favorite greens – Kale! We tasted green kale, red kale, and dinosaur kale (lacinato kale) then made a massaged kale salad, served with one of our favorite dressings to make (lemon, honey, olive oil, and pepper), and topped with pumpkin seeds. Wasn’t too longContinue reading “Massaged Kale Salad with Sweet Lemon Dressing”

CINS Meeting: March 18

At the CINS meeting this evening, we heard from the superintendent on a number of issues affecting our cluster and we were recognized as grant recipients.

Garden Update: March 18

Our seedlings are here! Thank you, Crystal Organics!

Presentation at Mercer University

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to present to an inspiring group of Mercer University graduate students about my Farm to School programming. They had challenging questions and interesting insights to share. I can’t wait to see what develops at each of their school sites with their leadership! Thank you to Dr. Deb for the invite!Continue reading “Presentation at Mercer University”

Home-School Connection: Environmental Stewardship

Stella and Charlie spent part of their weekend picking up litter from a local pond! Isabel and Cyrus picked up trash floating in Lake Lanier.

Honeybees: March 17, 2015

We have lots of babies and a healthy queen! All is well!

Home-School Connection: Trees Atlanta

Zachary and Liam planted trees in their neighborhood with Trees Atlanta!

Clean Air Campaign’s “Young Lungs at Work” Art Competition

Through the end of February, SPARK students are invited to participate in the Clean Air Campaign’s “Young Lungs at Work” Art Competition. Students have participated each year in their Environmental Science classes and last year we even had a winner – 1st grader, Brayden Derijke! Projects are due to Ms. Mobley by Friday, March 27th!