February 10, 2015
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DFES Academy of Environmental
Sciences
Look whats coming new
Feb. 24th Dr. Elam and Dr.
Roberts 3:00 to 4:30
Feb. 25th MSAP meeting at
DFES 1:00 to 3:00
Feb. 26th 4th grade to Saluda Shoals
March 10th Science Rocks
3rd grade performance at
6:30pm
March 13th Region 2 Science fair at USC for 5th
graders who placed
March 24th School Wide
Evaluation for PBIS by District 5 staff 9:00 to 11:00am
Reminders:
Dr. Elam and Dr. Roberts will be
visiting our school on Tuesday,
February 24th. They will come in
the afternoon and will join us for
a faculty meeting from 3:00 to
4:30pm. This is for an hour and a
half and meets the requirements
of our Cultural Competency piece
that magnet schools require.
Please be sure to be in the cafeteria promptly at 3:00. By us
starting 15 minutes earlier and
getting out 15 minutes later, we
will not have to stay late another
day to fulfill the requirement.
Please let me know if you have
any questions or concerns.
Please add photos from
Saluda Shoals to the bulletin
board in the hall!
If you have any special projects or lessons occurring in
your class, please add it to the
bulletin board called
Environmentalists in Action
Trout in the Classroom Update:
The trout are growing and
should be released into the
Saluda River on April 14th. We
began with 150 eggs and have
about 30 fingerlings that
continue to grow!
to our school!
DFES Vegetable Garden (Revised Edition)
Saluda Shoals Pre and Post
Feedback
Teachers, please remember to fill
out the pre/post Saluda Shoals
feedback form. I have sent it to
everyone prior to their field trip.
This helps us and Saluda Shoals
staff see how you are front loading the experience at Saluda
Shoals and it will also show us
how you plan to use what you
and the students learned at Saluda Shoals and connect it back
to your classroom. Jeanette
Wells at Saluda Shoals wants to
see this information to see how
she can build upon the
experiences.
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Dr. Elam will visit on
February 24th
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The picture on the right shows the new
retention garden that will be constructed in March. Amy Umberger has
been working with Ed Brogden, from
Back to Eden. Ed is an advocate for
teaching others about gardening. This
area between the science lab and first
grade hall is a perfect place for these
raised beds. The erosion in the area is
dumping clay into the storm drains
and therefore creating unclean water.
By building these raised beds and
growing vegetables, we will be able to
maintain the area in a greener environment! Students from Emory University will be coming the week of
March 10th to help with the construction of these raised beds!
Also, plans are underway for our new
outdoor classroom. It will be located
behind the soccer field. A fence has
been installed last week so we will
have easy access to the area!
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