- May 5, 2024
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With garden journals in hand Friday, March 16, fifth-grade students at Phoenix Academy made their way to the school garden.
Although the students started their garden last school year, a bigger grant this year has allowed them to create themed garden boxes. Each box has about eight students who tend to it and keep track of temperature highs and lows, rain levels and plant growth.
Earlier in the week, students at Phoenix held a series of open houses for the community to educate them on going green. Included in those tours was a visit from Bunnell Elementary School. The first-grade students rotated through five environmental educational programs: gardening and farming; the 3R’s with Michael Recycle; planting; technology; and a do-not-litter play, “The Wartville Wizard.”
“That was the biggest service-learning activity we have done,” said teacher Sarah Robbins. “They went back to their school wanting to recycle.”
In addition, the school also received help from Southern Pine Landscape to make the campus more aesthetically pleasing. The company donated time and labor to landscape the property and teach students about landscaping.
“It was really cool watching their employees teach our kids,” Robbins said.
Looking into next school year, Phoenix has high hopes of becoming a greener school by doing away with Styrofoam lunch trays. The donation of a dishwasher from the Vince Carter Foundation will allow them to have washable trays.
