Summer Solstice Earth Day Carnival

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On the hottest evening of the year, with the temperature soaring to 98, 150 students, staff, and family members gathered to celebrate the Green Magnet's Summer Solstice Earth Day Carnival and to honor and thank those people who serve us every day: Parents, Custodians, Paras, School Aides, Food Service Workers, and School Safety

Green Magnet Production Company students developed the booths, welcomed help from the Green Team and all other interested students.

Despite the heat, a good time was had by all.  The adults loved seeing the students so involved and commited to their work:

Gather with the M. S. 217 Community

• Face Painting
• Recycling Relay Races
• History & Nature Walk
• We Are the World – Global Issues
• Population & Overcrowding,
• Sudan:-A Country in Turmoil
• Art Gallery / Family Photo Portraits
• Multicultural Fashion Show
• Social Studies Family Night Social & Political Issues
• Rachel’s Challenge – Responsible Bystanders
• Time Capsule – Leave a message for the future
• Planting Seeds
• Solar Cooking
• Composting
• Neighborhood & Energy Chants, Group Singing
• Documentary Film Festival – Premiering Stories from the 2011-2012 School Year
• 217’s Animal Menagerie
• Do Animals Think? Student Research