We have been so fortunate over the last two year to receive so much support in building the school yard. From “Spare Change to Change the School Yard” to being awarded grants, every single bit of time, material contributions, and financial support is greatly appreciated…right down to the penny!
Recently, a first grade student celebrated his birthday. Rather than receive the usual gifts, he asked for his friends to donate to the PWS Community School Yard. In all, Jeremy and his friends raised $110. Enough to buy and plant a tree; leaving his legacy for years to come.
DIG (Discover, Investigate, and Grow) is the new environmental education program being piloted at PWS in first and second grade. A volunteer team of teachers has worked diligently to create experiental lessons that take the “regular” curriculum out-of-doors. DIG is facilitated by trained volunteers that work with volunteer classrooms two times per month covering topics from worms, to compost, to nutrition.
Recently, DIG was awarded a $1,000 grant by PSNH who came for a visit to Mrs. Stallone’s classroom to partake in the physics of sledding. Thanks PSNH! Your support will enable the DIG program to grow by purchasing more supplies!
Peter Woodbury School and the School Yard Committee would like to thank the anonymous donor for their very generous contribution recently to the school yard. What a gift to our Outdoor Classrom.
The PWS Community School Yard has gone into agreement with Jesse Remington High School in Candia, NH to build the post and beam frame for the new Outdoor Classroom. In honor of Bedford’s agricultural roots, the structure will resemble an open concept barn big enough to house accommodate at least two classes at a time for presentations, lessons, journaling, and making connections to the world around. Students can get out of the sun at recess and families can enjoy a community respite. PWS art teacher, Anne Lederhos has provided an artistic rendition of the Outdoor Classroom to be erected through an old fashioned barn-raising, the spring of 2012.
