I was so honored to be chosen as a lead instructor at the inaugural Food Literacy Institute classes. The Food Literacy Institute (FLI) is an open learning community based on the popular education model, which values the potential of everyday people to share knowledge and skills with one another as friends and neighbors. FLI isContinue reading “Food Literacy Institute”
Author Archives: Jenna Shea
Walk to School Day – Spring 2014
Springdale Park was excited to participate in the Safe Routes to School‘s Walk to School Day in conjunction with the Clean Air Campaign‘s Clean Commute Week again this year! Thank you to 11Alive News for coming out to document our event as well! See the complete gallery here: You can see photos from last year’sContinue reading “Walk to School Day – Spring 2014”
High Performance Healthy Schools
We were excited to celebrate the United States Green Building Council‘s High Performing Healthy Schools program at the Capitol last week. In 2011, the USGBC used our school for a video promoting the program. You can view it here:
Trees Atlanta: February Visit
Healthy Holiday Challenge!
Valentine’s Day is next week! We’re looking forward to seeing how our creative SPARK kids will show their friends that they care about them in healthy ways. For ideas, see the photos from last year here. Also, check out our Sugar Stacks lesson from Halloween to review what we learned about sugar to make informed choicesContinue reading “Healthy Holiday Challenge!”
Slow Food at the Table Campaign
“Let’s slow down and eat together” SPARK students are encouraged to join Slow Food Atlanta in their Slow Food at the Table Campaign during the month of February. We’ve been learning about the values of Slow Food during health class. In celebration of the values of Slow Food, let’s join together to eat tasty, seasonal,Continue reading “Slow Food at the Table Campaign”
Garden Update: February 7th
Ms. Emerson’s first grade class had a great time bird watching this morning! Lesson plan coming soon!
Garden Update: February 5th
The sunrise from the rooftop garden this morning.
Clean Air Campaign Young Lungs at Work Art Competition
Today, we had a productive work session on our comics for the Clean Air Campaign‘s Young Lungs at Work Art Competition. They are turning out great! Students are creating a narrative story (based on a problem/solution model) with the primary purpose of informing the reader on the topic of air pollution. Their comics must showContinue reading “Clean Air Campaign Young Lungs at Work Art Competition”
Tending Our Common Ground 