School Garden

What’s Up in the Garden? 86 Potatoes!

Ginny’s class dug two of the three square foot beds of potatoes last Wednesday afternoon. By Friday Ginny reported: “The potatoes were scrubbed during choice time with great vigor! They were all grouped and organized at math time and counted in groups of fives. There are 86 potatoes! We worked on a poem today and [...]

What’s Up in the Garden This Year? Seeds Everywhere!

This past Monday afternoon Julie and her 8, 9 and 10 year old students went outside with their garden helper, Jeanne Cahill, to take a look around the gardens in the school parking lot. Jeanne’s first question to the class was, “What do you notice plants doing now that summer is over and fall has [...]

New Plans for the School Gardens

What’s Up in the Garden This Year? New Plans for the School Gardens Some changes are in the works for how Touchstone’s gardens will be used and managed this school year. Individual classes will take more ownership for the gardens than they have up to now. During the past week teachers have been taking their [...]

What’s Up in the Parking Lot Garden?

Have you noticed it? The sunniest spot on the TCS campus, that triangular piece of open land just past the dumpsters, was crying out to be put to use.  Now it is in its second year growing wonderful food.  Last September a parent reported her child spotting a big green watermelon on the other side [...]

What’s up… not just in the garden, but all over the place on the TCS campus?

If you’d been out behind the school yesterday, you would have seen an example of “place-based education” at its best. When the sun finally came out, things really started buzzing outdoors at Touchstone. Sheryl commented, “When I came outside with my class this morning, there were kids everywhere you looked and they were totally involved [...]

Spring Chicken Seminar – Monday, May 9th at 3 p.m

Interested in learning more about raising chickens?  Come join Seth Mansur on Monday, May 9, at 3 p.m. at the chicken coop. All questions and curiosities welcome.  Also, if you are interested in volunteering for chicken chores please let Seth know, we need some alternates! Monday, May 9, 2011 3 – 4 p.m. The Chicken Coop

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