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Our Barcroft garden! Thanks to 4H-environmental club members, kinder &1st grade students and garden work day families for preparing, planting & weeding out garden space! ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦@BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦@APS_Sustainable⁩ ⁦@BiBaChat⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩

Barcroft YES Club members participate in a school yard clean up activity. #1 reduce waste #2 reuse items whenever possible #3 when the others aren’t possible please practice recycling ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦⁦@APS_Sustainable⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩ ⁦@APS_ProjectYES⁩

And more volunteers talking with the kiddos ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩ ⁦@APS_Sustainable⁩ ⁦@BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦@BarcroftLibrary⁩ ⁦@BiBaChat⁩

4H volunteers talking about Earth Day & how to transplant seedlings from mini greenhouse jugs to raised beds (cleared on garden work day!) ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦@APS_Sustainable⁩ ⁦@BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦@BiBaChat⁩ ⁦@BarcroftLibrary⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩

@ArtmercadomsMs @APS_FleetES @APSArts @MsBlackburn @APSFleetPTA These are absolutely gorgeous!

5th grade clay is out of the kiln and I am mesmerized by these constructions and glazes. Slabs, pinch pots and coil combined! @APS_FleetES @APSArts @MsBlackburn @APSFleetPTA

What a lovely turnout on a beautiful Saturday for our Barcroft Garden Work Day! We tackled weeding, mulching and planting flowers and seeds. ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦@BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦@BiBaChat⁩ ⁦@APS_Sustainable⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩ ⁦@BarcroftLibrary⁩

New initiative from Barcroft Environmental Club members! Lights Out Friday. Let’s conserve energy! Other benefits, a sense of calm throughout the building. Happy for admin & custodial support @APSscience @APS_Sustainable @GabyRivasAPS @BarcroftEagles @BarcroftLibrary @BiBaChat

Forces and motion playgrounds.Kinders built models of their designs. Simply Amazing to watch when children are given science time & a tray of simple supplies! Good for brains, hands and souls to build and create.⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩ ⁦@APS_Sustainable⁩

I forget to mention that these fine women are Master Gardeners. It’s their second year working with my after school environmental club! So knowledgeable, thoughtful and jus amazing with our kiddos!!

Thank you Ms Ann, Ms Debbie & Ms Cindy for teaching our kids about sowing seeds in homemade jug greenhouses. They planted kale, arugula, brussel spout seeds etc! ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦@APS_Sustainable⁩ ⁦@BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩ ⁦@BarcroftLibrary⁩

The fabulous 5th graders researched, voted on, secured funding, ordered and installed a new bird bath in the Barcroft garden! I love when kids make things happen! ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦@BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩ ⁦@APS_Sustainable⁩

Guess what Barcroft’s Environmental Club started? Walk (bike,bus,carpool scooter) to School Wednesday!! Cut out fossil fuels. Carpool/ride the bus! If you live/work close, walk or bike⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦@BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦⁦@APS_Sustainable⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩

@Timberwolves2nd @Gildea_Jenn @APS_FleetES @AP_FleetFalcons Can you believe I saved these valentines from Gabby’s and Steph’s 1st grade years?!

We loved opening our handwritten valentines and reading the compliments our classmates wrote to us. We thanked every single person, one by one! @Gildea_Jenn @APS_FleetES @AP_FleetFalcons

@MsZelasko_APS @BarcroftEagles @APSscience @APS_Sustainable @GabyRivasAPS Miss going outdoors with your kiddos!

@SusanSpranger @BarcroftEagles @APSscience @APS_Sustainable @GabyRivasAPS Miss your outdoor lessons!!

Nice to get out Barcroft’s Environmental Stewards outdoors with our master gardener volunteers. Kids snipped and turned cover crops in our vegetable bed! ⁦@BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦@APS_Sustainable⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩

@Timberwolves2nd @Gildea_Jenn @APS_FleetES @AP_FleetFalcons This warms my ❤️!!

So proud of these students! Completely student led initiative…Recycling Club committee speaks with custodial staff , sharing plan to help custodians collect weekly classroom recycling! ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦@APS_Sustainable⁩ ⁦@BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩

Barcroft 3rd Ss dissecting owl pellets! How does an owl use adaptations to hunt & catch prey? What exactly does an owl eat?! Students found skulls, jaws, femurs and more, belonging to mice shrews and voles! ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦@BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩

More water lesson photos! @APSscience @BarcroftEagles @GabyRivasAPS