Amphibian Ark
Jumping In To Make a Difference, Part 2
July 2009 Issue
When Mrs. Gordon’s and Mrs. Carlson’s second grade classes returned to school in January, 2009 the Year of the Frog had officially ended. But, we were not done helping! Both classes planned a bake sale at our school on February 18. Our parents made dozens and dozens of frog cookies and cupcakes to sell. We sold almost all of them! The two classes raised $340 more to donate to Amphibian Ark.
Our next project was really exciting! The Art teachers helped us draw a design for a tote bag. Some designs were selected to be voted on by the whole school. The winning design was then printed on reusable tote bags which were sold on Earth Day to remind people to “Go Green for Frogs”. We sold 100 tote bags and made $403 for Amphibian Ark.
The other designs were made into bookmarks to give to all of the children in the school to thank them for their support of our projects, and to share tips about taking care of the Earth. We gave some bookmarks to the public library to spread the “Go Green” message throughout the community.
What did we learn from our projects this year? We learned that we can make a difference. It is fun working together for something that we believe in. We know that we can help take care of our world in many ways. We feel proud that we were able to help and we challenge next year’s classes to make a difference too.
Editor's note: Thanks to Columbus Zoo for their help in forwarding these donations to AArk and for for bringing AArk and Tremont Elementary into contact with each other.
Jumping In To Make a Difference, Part 2
July 2009 Issue
When Mrs. Gordon’s and Mrs. Carlson’s second grade classes returned to school in January, 2009 the Year of the Frog had officially ended. But, we were not done helping! Both classes planned a bake sale at our school on February 18. Our parents made dozens and dozens of frog cookies and cupcakes to sell. We sold almost all of them! The two classes raised $340 more to donate to Amphibian Ark.
Our next project was really exciting! The Art teachers helped us draw a design for a tote bag. Some designs were selected to be voted on by the whole school. The winning design was then printed on reusable tote bags which were sold on Earth Day to remind people to “Go Green for Frogs”. We sold 100 tote bags and made $403 for Amphibian Ark.
The other designs were made into bookmarks to give to all of the children in the school to thank them for their support of our projects, and to share tips about taking care of the Earth. We gave some bookmarks to the public library to spread the “Go Green” message throughout the community.
What did we learn from our projects this year? We learned that we can make a difference. It is fun working together for something that we believe in. We know that we can help take care of our world in many ways. We feel proud that we were able to help and we challenge next year’s classes to make a difference too.
Editor's note: Thanks to Columbus Zoo for their help in forwarding these donations to AArk and for for bringing AArk and Tremont Elementary into contact with each other.
Linda Gordon and Carolyn Carlson's Second Grade ClassesTremont School, Columbus, Ohio
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