Author Archives: Jenna Shea

Trees Atlanta: Summer Opportunities

Saturday, June 21st / 9AM – 12PM Carter Center Pollinator Garden Planting with Mr. Alex from Trees Atlanta Attention plant and pollinator lovers: Please join us June 21st, 2014, from 9:00 am-noon to installing and a native pollinator garden at The Carter Center. This is a fantastic opportunity not only give back to President Carter, but to assist our pollinatorContinue reading “Trees Atlanta: Summer Opportunities”

Grow Your Own Mushrooms Grant

We were fortunate enough to receive a grant from the SPARK PTO to grow our own mushrooms this spring! For this project, we worked in collaboration with Jonathan Tescher at Sparta Imperial Mushrooms. Throughout the unit, students learned the history of mushrooms, how mushrooms grow, how to care for mushrooms, the parts of mushrooms, and aboutContinue reading “Grow Your Own Mushrooms Grant”

#GrowYourOwn Photo Competition

All SPARK students are invited to participate in the #GrowYourOwn Photo Competition! To enter, email Ms. Mobley (jennasmobley@gmail.com) a photo of the student with an edible plant that they are growing at home! Plants can be grown outdoor in a garden or indoors on a windowsill. You could grow herbs, fruits, or vegetables. They doContinue reading “#GrowYourOwn Photo Competition”

National Farm to Cafeteria Conference

I’m excited to be in Austin, Texas for the National Farm to Cafeteria Conference this week! Today, we’re visiting Farm to School programs throughout the city. First stop – S.F. Austin High School. School garden led by the Spanish teacher and a Garden Club that meets weekly before school. 8 teachers participate in their CSAContinue reading “National Farm to Cafeteria Conference”

Stop APS Budget Cuts!

Atlanta Public School’s revenue has increased $70MM but schools are still losing teachers. At my school, Springdale Park, we’ve had a 20% increase in students over the past two years, we’re well over the state of Georgia maximum class size in all grades, and we are still losing seven student-facing teaching positions this coming yearContinue reading “Stop APS Budget Cuts!”