Grade-Level: 2-5 Activity Title: Cooking Club Subject: Weekly Cooking Adventures Students: Grade levels 2-5 Teacher: Hamele When: Every Tuesday Number of Students: 20 Description: Students will cook a new recipe with natural ingredients. Some of the ingredients will be from our own garden and others will come from sustainable sources. Students will create their own treats from start to finish.
School Year 2020 & Prior
Spray Bottles & Biodegradable Paper Towels
Grade-Level: All grades Activity Title: Rethinking our Cleaning Supplies Subject: Using more sustainable equipment when cleaning Teacher(s): All returning staff members When: Spring 2021 Number of Students: 200 Description: Staff will use spray bottles to pre-mix cleaning supplies and biodegradable paper towels when cleaning in the classroom. We will not use single-wipe based products for regularly cleaning as it is wasteful.
Yoga in the Yard
Grade-Level: PK-5 Activity Title: Yoga Subject: Body and Mind Health (SEL) Teacher(s): All Grade Levels When: Everyday Number of Students: All in-person students Description: With the return to in person learning, our staff decided to provide a yoga mat to each student in the school. We are encouraging teachers to go outside to do yoga and eat lunch at least once a week. More if they would like to spend more time outside. We encourage all teachers to use the yoga mats for educational purposes as well and get the children outside for outdoor learning. Documentation: Images
Greening the Air!
Grade-Level: PK-5 Activity Title: Greening the Air Subject: Air Quality Teacher(s): All staff When: Everyday Number of Students: All students Description: With the return to in person learning, our staff decided to create an initiative to get green in every room of the school. We successfully potted and distributed 25 citronella plants. Every individual working in the school received a plant for their workspace. Here is to healthier air, less inside insects and a beautiful smell! Documentation: Images
Virtual Cooking Club
Grade-Level: PK-5 Activity Title: CookingClub Subject: Nutrition Teacher(s): Hamele When: 4th Saturday of every month Number of Students: 5 Description: Our P.E. teacher hosts healthy cooking clubs via zoom and shares recipes with students to drive nutrition education. The first series is a healthy pizza series! Cooking and teaching cooking skills is an excellent way to encourage healthy practices. Documentation: Images, Work samples, Sign In Sheet
Operation Warm- Coats for Students
Grade-Level: PreK-5th Activity Title: Operation Warm Subject: Building Healthy Habits Teacher(s): Thompson, West, Hunter, Thomas, Burgess, Goodwin When: November 2020-January 2020 Number of Students: 260 Description: Operation Warm-Coat distribution program to ensure students who need winter attire do not go without during the 2020-2021 school year. Documentation: Images, Emails
Healthy Food Drive: November 14, 2019
Grade-Level: All Activity Title: Healthy Food Drive Subject: Green Teacher(s): Thompson When: November 25, 2019 end data Number of Students: 345 Description: Students from all grade-levels competed on a school-wide level to bring in food for a food drive. We focused on discussing healthy options for the holidays. A team of 5 students went class to class to discuss what types of food would store best, taste best and be good for you. This showed the students how important nutritional decisions are in their everyday lives and taught others how to eat clean.
Healthy Basketball Tournament: October 17, 2019
Grade-Level: All Activity Title: Basketball Tournament Subject: Healthy Bodies Teacher(s): 14 teachers When: October 17, 2019 Number of Students: 75 Description: Students were chosen in a lottery interest manner to participate in a basketball tournament for fitness in the gym. Students were given 10 shots each on the hoop and scores were taken for each students. A champion of shooting was crowned from this event. The students were then able to play 3v3 basketball tournament style for a healthy heart competition. This not only promoted the healthy concepts that we push for students, but gave them an opportunity to represent their House for our House System behavior management tool. This promotes a healthy mental stability and provides leadership opportunities to students.
Healthy and Green Cleaning
Grade-Level: All grades Activity Title: Converting to Green Products Subject: School Facilitation Teacher(s): All When: School Year 2017-2018 to present Number of Students: 565 Description: Using environmentally friendly products has always been a goal of our school. Money and resources have been an issue in the past, as well as lack of information on available products. During the 2017-2018 school year, with the help of the Cleaning For Health effort from the board of education, our custodial staff was trained in the use of green products. From disinfectants to cleaning procedures, our custodial staff took cleaning to the green level. During the 2018-2019 school year our staff converted to all green products within the school. Each classroom used recycled spray bottles and refilled them with green products provided by the custodial staff. These products were effective in cleaning even the messiest of classrooms. From PreK to pre-teen our school community switched to cleaning up in a new way. These trends have not only made students more aware of harmful products, but it has also opened the eyes of staff to the hazardous materials that are used in over-the-counter cleaners. The student role for this program was the following: 1. Incorporate green cleaning products in the classroom by using them on a daily basis. 2. Discussing the side effects of non-green cleaning products at school and in the home. 3. Developing relationships with custodial staff. 4. Incorporate healthy routines in the classroom by helping the teacher clean desktops during morning meetings.
Running Club
Grade-Level: All Activity Title: Weekly Running Club Subject: Health and Nutrition Teacher(s): Hamele, Thompson, Carter, Yorkshire When: Every Friday Morning 8:45 AM Number of Students: 15-20 (varies depending on transportation) Description: Students arrive early to school all the time. Whether it is their parents' work schedule or they enjoy extra school, students arrive as early as 6:00 AM. The students sometimes help the staff in the morning, but generally are restless. With the help of the Physical Education teacher, we created a Running Club for students who wanted to participate. This voluntary club allowed students to use extra morning energy to work on their fitness levels. The students would run for at least 15 minutes every Friday morning. The students had the opportunity for water breaks or stopping if they felt the need. Even the staff joined in with the administrative staff showing up to work early just to run with the kids. This group not only boosted the morale of the students, it made exercise interactive and fun. Students were more aware of their health and continue to request more days for this program.
Air Quality Flags
Grade-Level: All Activity Title: Air Quality Program Subject: Air Quality When: Every Friday Morning 7:45 AM Number of Students: 10 rotating students Description: Students participate in the Air Quality Flag Program, and change the flag displayed in front of the school daily to announce the quality of the air in Baltimore. Students not only enjoyed being in control of this activity, they were shocked about the air they were breathing. This program was a very eye opening event for the students, staff and all stakeholders of the educational community. It is tied to the EPA's AirNow and Air Quality Flag program.
Colgate Healthy Dental Celebration
Grade-Level: PreK-6th Activity Title: Colgate Healthy Teeth Subject: Dental Health When: 2/15/19 Number of Students: 400 Description: Students participated in the Colgate Challenge. They created different projects that focused on healthy dental practices. They competed against one another at the event and learned about different ways to take care of their mouths. The PreK won the dental challenge, but all students were able to attend and participate in the festivities. The event was held at a hotel in downtown Baltimore.