2010-05-27 / Inside Education

CVE students celebrate Arbor Day and Earth Day


FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADERS, WITH SCIENCE TEACHER BRUCE FINCHAM AND PRINCIPAL CAROL FINCHAM, PLANTED A VALLEY OAK IN THE SCHOOL’S LAND AND LEGACY LEARNING GARDEN IN MEMORY OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEER EARL GORDO, A CATHEY’S VALLEY ALUMNUS WHO RETURNED TO HELP HIS SCHOOL. CHILDREN LEARNED TO PROVIDE GOPHER PROTECTION WITH A QUARTER-INCH MESH WIRE BASKET AND INSURE INITIAL IRRIGATION TO THE ROOTS USING PERFORATED WATERING TUBES. STUDENTS RESEARCHED THE HISTORY OF ARBOR DAY AND THE VALUE OF TREES. THEY PRESENTED THEIR FINDINGS IN A SCHOOLWIDE ASSEMBLY. STUDENTS PICTURED ARE DAISY GONZALES CORTES, CASSIE PETRICH, COAH BISSMEYER, ALEX SWIECKI, JEREMY FISHER, MCKENNA MARCHETTI, BRETT MCCUTCHEN, CLINT CURTAIN, MITCHELL GREEN, CHANDLER CRAMER, MEGAN BECK AND MEGHAN HISE. FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADERS, WITH SCIENCE TEACHER BRUCE FINCHAM AND PRINCIPAL CAROL FINCHAM, PLANTED A VALLEY OAK IN THE SCHOOL’S LAND AND LEGACY LEARNING GARDEN IN MEMORY OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEER EARL GORDO, A CATHEY’S VALLEY ALUMNUS WHO RETURNED TO HELP HIS SCHOOL. CHILDREN LEARNED TO PROVIDE GOPHER PROTECTION WITH A QUARTER-INCH MESH WIRE BASKET AND INSURE INITIAL IRRIGATION TO THE ROOTS USING PERFORATED WATERING TUBES. STUDENTS RESEARCHED THE HISTORY OF ARBOR DAY AND THE VALUE OF TREES. THEY PRESENTED THEIR FINDINGS IN A SCHOOLWIDE ASSEMBLY. STUDENTS PICTURED ARE DAISY GONZALES CORTES, CASSIE PETRICH, COAH BISSMEYER, ALEX SWIECKI, JEREMY FISHER, MCKENNA MARCHETTI, BRETT MCCUTCHEN, CLINT CURTAIN, MITCHELL GREEN, CHANDLER CRAMER, MEGAN BECK AND MEGHAN HISE.

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