November 20, 2009

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TERRIFIC KIDS MAKE TERRIFIC TERRARIUMS

A group of Woodbrook students and their teacher mentors stayed after school on Thursday, Jan 29th to create beautiful terrariums to be placed throughout the school.  This event was a joint effort of two grants coming together.  The COST program grant was developed and written by Ms. Sclater and Ms Murray.  COST is an acronym for Connecting Our Students and Teachers Together! and the PTO funded this worthy idea.  The terrarium project was the idea of Ms. Catlett, who wrote a Shannon Grant, entitled Terrific Terrariums.  Thanks to all of the mentors, students and community efforts that teamed together for this event.  A special thanks to Snow's Garden Center, who assisted with acquiring the plants and soil for the project.


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COURT YARD LEARNING GARDEN:

We still need parents who are willing to help a specific grade level "adopt" one small plot in our garden.  For more information, please contact Ms. Cass.

 Grade 

  Garden Style

  &

  Plants Needed for this Learning Garden

  Parent/ Guardian
 Pre-K

  "Hanging Wall Baskets & Containers":

petunias, pansies, violas, coleus, trailing vines

  We need your help!
 K

"English Style":

bleeding heart, creeping phlox, crocus, candytuft,  rabbit's ears

  We need your help!
 1st

 "Butterfly":

marigolds, daffodils, coneflower, sunflowers, hyacinths, hollyhock, zinnias, verbena 

  We need your help!
 2nd

 "Chinese Garden":

dwarf azaleas, lily of the valley, tree peonies, Asian lilies chrysanthemums, dwarf pine shrub

We need your help!  
 3rd

 "Japanese Water":

squat pots (3), stone/sand underlay, water lilies

We need your help!  
 4th

  "Herb Garden":

chives, flat leaf parsley, curly leaf parsley, basil, dill, sage, tarragon, marjoram  

We need your help!  
 5th

 "Colonial Williamsburg":

asters, daffodils, tulips, ornamental kale and cabbage

We need your help!    











The Amazing Measurement Race at Woodbrook!

Third graders spent the morning of March 31st moving from station to station measuring length, weight, temperature and volume.  Fourth graders will participate in their Measurement Fair on Friday, April 3rd!  This event was coordinated by Ms. Pavlosky, a GRT/third grade teacher!

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Woodbrook Track and Nature Path Completed! Thanks to the generosity of the Milken Family Foundation and local artists The Dave Matthews Band, the Woodbrook Track and Nature Path is being built during July!  A portion of the 2008 National Educator Award from the Milken Foundation was supplemented by the Dave Matthew's BAMA Works fund.  This project will enhance our school grounds through:
 
1)   Fitness (approximately five laps around this 1,100 long track equal a mile, the track is 9 ft. wide and thus "stroller friendly")
2)   Appreciation of nature (smaller nature trails connect to the track for learning about our surroundings)
3)   Community Access- will enhance the ability for community members to reach our school grounds.
 
Track was just completed July 18.  The entire school community is invited to enjoy this track!  We thank both the Milken Family and the Dave Matthews Band for making this possible.  For more information about these initiatives see:
Milken Family Site:  http://www.mff.org/ 
BAMA Grant /Charlottesville Area Community Foundation: http://www.cacfonline.org/cacf/