Friday, Mar 19

I can't believe the number of trees we were able to plant on Friday. Since we had so many student participants, it was nice that we had extra trees and shovels for everyone to be able to help. Every student there was able to plant at least one tree- this is great because they all feel as though they contributed.

This Friday, I will bring the flags and some Sharpie markers. The students will be able to write their name on the flags and place them by the trees they planted. We should also get their pictures taken with the trees they planted. Maybe we could give them copies of those pics to keep?

My main concern for these trees is watering. It is very important, especially once the weather starts getting hotter, that these trees are watered on a regular basis. Ms. Beech mentioned to me that she has never seen any maintanence crew watering anything outside (she has never even seen any water hoses). Once we have our rain barrels, this won't be such a big issue. We'll just have to make sure the students think to water them regularly. Hopefully Saturday's rain was enough to keep them going for a while! The summer will pose a new concern once the students are no longer at the school every day...

I think every week we are there, the more interested the students are in what we're doing. They are starting to trust the fact that we are there every week and are starting to enjoy learning from us and participating in our projects. They are going to remember this for a long time!!!