Hello All!
This is a little belated, but in the spirit of the season, all of the GK-12 fellows have made New Year’s resolutions and wanted to share these goals with you! As you’ll see, we have a busy but exciting semester ahead of us.
- Ann Marie’s resolution is to see Chandler’s composting learning lab through to completion. This project will bring staff and students from several classes together to help the school begin to compost a portion of its waste.
- Auriane’s resolution is to create a toolkit full of information on sustainability for teachers.
- Ben’s resolution is to incorporate the garden/out-door learning lab at Carl Hayden Community High School into the curriculum over this semester. Students will gain life skills while simultaneously gaining a better understanding of our natural world.
- Brendan’s resolutions are to help plan and implement an amazing Earth Week celebration this spring at Tempe High and to help the Tempe Unified School District successfully complete their first ever annual sustainability survey.
- Jen’s resolution is to get at least 10 students actively engaged with the new EcoClub at McClintock High School by the end of the semester and to complete 2 successful service projects!
- Katie’s resolutions are to see the WorkBridge students grow their very first starts in their greenhouse this spring so they are equipped to begin full operation next year and for Bioscience to design a Connection Endeavors ‘toolkit’ for teachers and students so they can more easily apply the sustainability problem-solving process to the great community service and research projects they are already doing.
- Omaya’s resolution is to help lead already planned classroom sustainability projects to a successful completion by the end of the school year. This way teachers, students, and staff members at Desert Vista can recognize the effect of their inaugural year partnering with GK-12 and garner momentum as they move into their second.
- Sandra’s resolution is to begin distribution of our state-wide faculty and administration needs assessment survey so that next year we can be set up to do more targeted and helpful outreach activities
- Tamara’s resolution is to get Coronado’s garden progressed to the point that they can begin doing formal classroom activities out there next fall.
Whew! – and that is just the tip of the iceberg! We’ll keep you updated on these endeavors as well as the other activities we have lined up.