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Our Barcroft garden! Thanks to 4H-environmental club members, kinder &1st grade students and garden work day families for preparing, planting & weeding out garden space! ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦@BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦@APS_Sustainable⁩ ⁦@BiBaChat⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩

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Barcroft YES Club members participate in a school yard clean up activity. #1 reduce waste #2 reuse items whenever possible #3 when the others aren’t possible please practice recycling ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦⁦@APS_Sustainable⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩ ⁦@APS_ProjectYES⁩

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And more volunteers talking with the kiddos ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩ ⁦@APS_Sustainable⁩ ⁦@BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦@BarcroftLibrary⁩ ⁦@BiBaChat⁩

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4H volunteers talking about Earth Day & how to transplant seedlings from mini greenhouse jugs to raised beds (cleared on garden work day!) ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦@APS_Sustainable⁩ ⁦@BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦@BiBaChat⁩ ⁦@BarcroftLibrary⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩

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@ArtmercadomsMs @APS_FleetES @APSArts @MsBlackburn @APSFleetPTA These are absolutely gorgeous!

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What a lovely turnout on a beautiful Saturday for our Barcroft Garden Work Day! We tackled weeding, mulching and planting flowers and seeds. ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦@BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦@BiBaChat⁩ ⁦@APS_Sustainable⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩ ⁦@BarcroftLibrary⁩

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New initiative from Barcroft Environmental Club members! Lights Out Friday. Let’s conserve energy! Other benefits, a sense of calm throughout the building. Happy for admin & custodial support @APSscience @APS_Sustainable @GabyRivasAPS @BarcroftEagles @BarcroftLibrary @BiBaChat

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Forces and motion playgrounds.Kinders built models of their designs. Simply Amazing to watch when children are given science time & a tray of simple supplies! Good for brains, hands and souls to build and create.⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩ ⁦@APS_Sustainable⁩

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I forget to mention that these fine women are Master Gardeners. It’s their second year working with my after school environmental club! So knowledgeable, thoughtful and jus amazing with our kiddos!!

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Thank you Ms Ann, Ms Debbie & Ms Cindy for teaching our kids about sowing seeds in homemade jug greenhouses. They planted kale, arugula, brussel spout seeds etc! ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦@APS_Sustainable⁩ ⁦@BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩ ⁦@BarcroftLibrary⁩

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The fabulous 5th graders researched, voted on, secured funding, ordered and installed a new bird bath in the Barcroft garden! I love when kids make things happen! ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦@BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩ ⁦@APS_Sustainable⁩

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Guess what Barcroft’s Environmental Club started? Walk (bike,bus,carpool scooter) to School Wednesday!! Cut out fossil fuels. Carpool/ride the bus! If you live/work close, walk or bike⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦@BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦⁦@APS_Sustainable⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩

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@Timberwolves2nd @Gildea_Jenn @APS_FleetES @AP_FleetFalcons Can you believe I saved these valentines from Gabby’s and Steph’s 1st grade years?!

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@MsZelasko_APS @BarcroftEagles @APSscience @APS_Sustainable @GabyRivasAPS Miss going outdoors with your kiddos!

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Nice to get out Barcroft’s Environmental Stewards outdoors with our master gardener volunteers. Kids snipped and turned cover crops in our vegetable bed! ⁦@BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦@APS_Sustainable⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩

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@Timberwolves2nd @Gildea_Jenn @APS_FleetES @AP_FleetFalcons This warms my ❤️!!

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So proud of these students! Completely student led initiative…Recycling Club committee speaks with custodial staff , sharing plan to help custodians collect weekly classroom recycling! ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦@APS_Sustainable⁩ ⁦@BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩

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Barcroft 3rd Ss dissecting owl pellets! How does an owl use adaptations to hunt & catch prey? What exactly does an owl eat?! Students found skulls, jaws, femurs and more, belonging to mice shrews and voles! ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦@BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩

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More water lesson photos! @APSscience @BarcroftEagles @GabyRivasAPS