Greenprint for 2012-2013

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Cornerstone: Eco-Campus

Green Spaces

Project:  Rebuilding Our Garden

Goal/purpose of the project:  To rebuild our 12 year old garden to make it ideal for planting, tending and harvesting flowers, fruits and vegetables. It will also be used to extend reading, math, science, art and physical education lessons.

Participants:  PreK-5th grade students, parents, staff and community members

Project recorded with photos and videos

Budget/finances: Awarded $1,881.00 through a Junior League of Dallas grant

                                    Reapplication for a Real School Garden grant

                                    School fundraising and PTA  budget

                                    Donations

Project start date:  Nov. 1, 2012

Project end date:    Jan. 1, 2013

 

 

Energy

Project:   Be Wise, Save the Light, Be an Energy Hero

Goal/purpose of the project: To raise awareness of how much electricity we use and how much we really need. A Lights Off campaign will help students and teachers be more cognizant of wasting electricity and to turn off lights when not needed. We will extend this campaign to the home and ask students and parents to "Be Wise and Save the Light".

Participants:  PreK-5th students, parents, staff

Project recorded    with photos and graphs that compare usage for Dec. 2011-May 2012 to

                                       Dec. 2012-May 2013

Budget/finances:  No funds required. We hope to save electricity and money.

Project start date:  Dec. 1, 2012

Project end date: School and home on-going

 

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Cornerstone:  Nature Adventure

Exploration & Play

Project:  Rebuilding and Redesigning our Playground

Goal/purpose of the project:  To rid our playground of equipment made of decaying and splintering wood with new, safe playground equipment. The new equipment will provide physical fitness stations with a natural environment for play.

Participants: DISD maintenance, PTA, parents, students, staff

Project recorded  with photos and videos

Budget/finances:  Approximately $150,000 that PTA will raise

Project start date:  Nov. 1, 2012

Project end date:   sometime in 2013

 

 

Outdoor Skills

Project:  5th grade Sky Ranch Trip

Goal/purpose of the project:

*To develop each student's awareness and knowledge of their natural environment

*To develop respect for and the desire to preserve and protect their natural environment

*Students will be taking 4 classes:  Limnology, Forces of Nature, Sky Ranch Expeditions, Ranch Life

Participants:   5th grade students, parents, teachers

Project recorded with photos and videos

Budget/finances:   $13,500 paid by students, scholarships, donations, PTA

Project start date:Units of study will be presented in the months before the trip.

                                     Trip begins on March 6, 2013

Project end date:   Trip ends March 8, 2012

                                      Follow up lessons will continue after the trip.

 

 

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Cornerstone: Health & Fitness

Nutrition & Healthy Eating

Project:  Days of Taste at the Dallas Farmers Market

Goal/purpose of the project:  The Days of Taste is a discovery-based program for 4th and 5th grade students to learn about food and how it weaves its way through daily life from the farm to the table.

Days of Taste fulfills the tenets of The American Institiute of Wine and Food's mission:We enhance quality of life through education about what we eat and drink.

Objectives:

*To build a food and nutrition vocabulary

*To learn about locally grown foods

*To experience and compare tastes

*To develop "taste memories"

*To provide social food experiences around the table

*To provide a foundation for children to make healthy/nutritious food choices

*To introduce the basic concepts of food safety and sanitation

*To establish a connection between classroom lessons and careers related to the food industry

Participants:  4th grade students, parents, teachers, volunteers

Budget/finances:  $240.00 for transportation paid by students

Project recorded:  with photos

Project start date:  Sept. 25, 2012

Project end date:     Oct. 2, 2012

 

 

 

Fitness & Physical Education

Project:    Kramer Field Day 2013

Goal/purpose of the project:  To celebrate the end of the year with a fun day full of physical activity that includes running relays and dashes, rock climbing, bounce houses. balancing events, water events and coordination events. PTA will run a healthy concession stand.

Participants  PreK-5th grade students

Project recorded with photos and videos

Budget/finances:  Field day t-shirts are sold to raise money for any materials needed for each event. PTA sells healthy concessions to raise additional money.

Project start/end date:  Physical activities are taught and practiced from the first day of school until Field Day. Field Day will be held on May 24, 2013

 

 

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Cornerstone: Natural classrooms

Field Investigation

Project:     Insect/Butterfly Survey

Goal/purpose of the project:  Students will visit our butterfly garden 4 times during the month of April to observe and record the type and number of insects/butterflies they see. The information will be graphed and compared to other classes that will visit the different gardens on our campus.

Participants:  K-5th grade students

Project recorded with graphs and photos

Budget/finances:  No funds needed

Project start date: April 1st

Project end date: April 30th

 

Stewardship

Project:   Earth Friendly and Healthy Announcements

Goal/purpose of the project: 

*To remind students on a daily basis of their responsibilities to preserve and protect our environment

*To remind students to spend 60 minutes playing outdoors after school

*To remind students to be healthy and to make nutritious food choices

Participants:    4th and 5th grade students

Project recorded with photos and videos

Budget/finances:  No funds needed

Project start date:  Nov. 1, 2012

Project end date:    May 31, 2013