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Throughout this week, students will be collecting points for the Healthy Eating Challenge by eating foods that fall into the following categories: Fruits Dark Green Veggies Red and Orange Veggies Beans and Legumes Starchy Veggies Whole Grains For more information about these food groups please visit: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/ They can record the points they earn on theContinue reading “National Nutrition Month: Healthy Eating Challenge!”

Join Ms. Mobley on April 6th for a day of service building and restoring gardens around our community. Restore the Atwood Community Garden At 9:00 AM, join Ms. Mobley to help build a playground and paint the community center at Atwood Community Garden. This garden is the home of the NEXT Steps Youth Entrepreneur Program introducesContinue reading “April 6th Service Day at Community Gardens!”

Truly Living Well is hosting their Family Fun Farm 2013 on March 17th. Hope to see you all there!

We are so excited to have the Atlanta Community Food Bank come to Springdale Park to lead their Hunger 101 program with our Kindergarten – 3rd grade kids. Hunger 101 is an education project of the Atlanta Community Food Bank that strives to increase awareness about hunger and poverty on a local, state, and nationalContinue reading “Upcoming Project: Hunger 101”

Our first “Concert on the Rooftop” was moved inside due to rain but we still had a great time with guitarist, Mark Kroos! We were so fortunate to have him come to visit our school on his 4 month tour across the United States. Mark put on a great show for the kids – theContinue reading “Concerts on the Rooftop: Mark Kroos”

This year, we are going to make our own seed pots out of recycled materials. With my 2nd and 3rd grade students, we are going to fold newspaper to make seed pots. Check out the instructions here. Our kindergarten and 1st grade students will create seed pots out of toilet paper rolls. Check out theContinue reading “Upcoming Project: Seed Pots”

Dr. Naman’s class is doing an experiment to see how worms affect the layers of the soil. There are not any worms in the container on the left. There are eight worms in the container on the left. Can you tell how worms affect the layers of the soil?    

An outdoor kitchen sink would be a great addition to our rooftop garden! My idea is that we could use a recycled sink, build a stand for it, and simply use our existing hose to provide water. The benefit would be draining the excess water straight down into a bucket that could then be reusedContinue reading “Upcoming Project: Outdoor Kitchen Sink”