Alain L. Locke Elementary School - P.S. 208 » environment http://alainllocke.org Alain L. Locke Elementary School-PS. 208, Harlem New York Thu, 17 May 2012 17:48:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Composting Begins at PS 208 http://alainllocke.org/2011/05/composting-begins-at-ps-208/ http://alainllocke.org/2011/05/composting-begins-at-ps-208/#comments Sun, 22 May 2011 19:48:01 +0000 Ms. Burns http://alainllocke.org/?p=1636 Students at Alain L. Locke Elementary School have started to compost!  The Lower East Side Ecology Center helped students set up their own worm bins.  There are over 1,000 worms in each bin.  If you don’t believe it then stop by and check it out — just make sure you bring some food scraps for them to eat!

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Watch the video!

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Wasi and Mariama have been reading Hootby Carl Hiaasen.

“Study guides help us understand what we have read.”

“Something that I love about the book is all of the pranking and adventurous stuff.”

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Third graders complete literary nonfiction pieces and it is time to celebrate! 

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]]> http://alainllocke.org/2011/05/literary-nonfiction/feed/ 0 At the MCNY http://alainllocke.org/2011/04/at-the-mcny/ http://alainllocke.org/2011/04/at-the-mcny/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:17:13 +0000 Ms. Burns http://alainllocke.org/?p=1545 MCNYlogo

A new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York:

Moveable Feast: Fresh Produce and the NYC Green Cart Program
Mar 22 through Jul 10
Moveable Feast: Fresh Produce and the NYC Green Cart Program documents an innovative NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene program that provides underserved communities with access to fresh fruits and vegetables via hundreds of independently owned, mobile produce stands known as Green Carts. The exhibition features new photographs by LaToya Ruby Frazier, Thomas Holton, Gabriele Stabile, Will Steacy, and Shen Wei, who were commissioned by the Aperture Foundation to chronicle the initiative over the course of a year.

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The Lower East Side Ecology Center came to Alain L. Locke Elementary School last week.  Students learned about composting and how to be stewards of the Earth.  They even got to hold the worms that are essential to this process.

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Visit the Earth Day New York website for information on events taking place throughout New York City.

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On a Saturday this March teachers at PS 208 – Alain L. Locke Elementary School attended a workshop hosted by the Cloud Institute.  They learned about educating children for a sustainable future.

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Donations are being collected now!

A message from Ms. Adebiyi:

Last time (2009) as a school we raised $475.45 which went towards 2 funds; the Big Gift Rainforest as well as the Big Gift Sea Turtles.  We worked along with PS226 in order to raise those funds.  This year the project will be working solely on the Molino Pampa Community Reserve in northern Peru.  This is a rainforest in the Andes is home to rare species such as; the Yellow-Tailed Monkey, Mountain Tapir, and the Speckled Bear. These species are threatened by habitat loss from deforestoration.  Earth’s Birthday Project is also a charity known and backed by Terracycle in order to have funds raised to help in that effort. 

Did you know?

Ms. Adebiyi’s class has a pen pal relationship with a Kenyan School, The Kyaimu Primary School, Wamunyu, Machakos in Kenya. They are learning about Kenya through this cultural exchange.

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Students at Alain L. Locke are working hard to recycle and reuse everyday items.  We have collected thousands of items to send to TerraCycle!

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