Reminders:
No school Friday, February 17 through Friday, February 24 for Prof. Dev. & Presidents' Day break.
No homework over the break. Have a wonderful holiday!
Thanks to our volunteers!
First off, we would like to thank Caroline's mom Kathleen again for organizing our Valentine's Day community lunch with eight of the students, planning the menu ahead of time, making decorations with the students, obtaining many of the supplies, and cooking with the children and serving the feast.
Thanks also to Ethan's mother Tanya and Isaac's parents Kate and Randy for donating food and drinks for the Community Lunch, Aya's mom Anne H. for the cookies, and Anne H., Mario, Madeleine, Anne B., Beth, and Sophie for help cooking, serving, and cleaning.
Finally, many thanks to our driver/chaperones for our Muir Beach service field trip yesterday: Mario Biagioli, Mandy Ladin, Cathy MacNeal, John Meyer, and Madelyn Weiss. We couldn't have had the amazing experience of planting almost 200 plants in the Redwood Creek watershed without the gift of your time, patience, and mentoring. Thank you!
Muir Beach Field Trip
The weather was fantastic and the experience of planting and reclaiming our small part of the Redwood Creek watershed was a very satisfying experience for us all. The students were so into wielding pick-axes to dig and plant bulrushes that they left their snack break early to get back to digging! We learned from our docent Patrick that coho and silver salmon and steelhead trout (also in the salmon family) come into the creek from the ocean and can reproduce only if the water is clear. The plants help keep the creek clean for these fish and produce habitat for many other animals.
After planting from 10am-1pm, we enjoyed lunch and walked down to Muir Beach for some fun! Some students played in the sand, others waded in the water.
Below are some snapshots of our day. Check out the left side of the blog for a slideshow. Have a wonderful week!
