Monday, April 4, 2022

Spring is Finally (maybe) Here

The weather swings back and forth between freezing, cold, and warm, snow, sleet, and rain during March and even into April here in Wisconsin. But things are finally starting to level out just a bit. It has me thinking about our school gardens. Want to learn about our biofilter? These students can tell you all about it. 


You might be wondering why the library was involved with the biofilters. A few years ago, the fifth grade students and I did some research and had a landscape architect come work with us and we wrote a grant to improve the gardens. You can find out more about some of our lessons and activities in this video.


We also got a grant and community partners to help us install an excellent sign that helps teach others about our gardens and about the fact that our school is on the ancestral land of the Ho-Chunk people. To read an article and see more photos, visit this link.

Photo with teacher standing and reading a book to students who are sitting on the ground in front of the garden. A large informational sign is to the left of the teacher. There is an article below the photo in the screen shot. Click the link to get to the page with the article.

We also learned a lot about the Onalaska area by watching portions of a very informative documentary called Decoding the Driftless. 

Trailer for Decoding the Driftless documentary film from Tim Jacobson on Vimeo.

To learn even more about what we do outside, visit our Outdoor Learning page. 

Happy Spring!


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