Tag Archives: Springdale Park Elementary
Home-School Connection: Grow Your Own!
Isabel is growing chia seeds at home (and in a reusable container)! I just eat them in my smoothies 🙂 Annabelle has olive trees, tangerine trees, and rosemary growing at home!  Gabriel is growing herbs at home!  Look at Nadia’s little plant from Big Thinkers!  Zoe and Reed are playing withContinue reading “Home-School Connection: Grow Your Own!”
Happy First Day of Spring!
We did some celery stamping to celebrate the first day of spring with kindergarteners! 
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!  
Garden Update: March 18
Our seedlings are here! Thank you, Crystal Organics! 
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!
Tending Our Common Ground 