Pollution Punchcard - Safe Routes to School Spring Contest  Are you concerned about global warming? Creating healthy lifestyle habits for your child? Do you want to take small steps to make a difference? Join the fun of the Pollution Punchcard contest and win prizes for walking, biking, scootering, carpooling or bussing to school. The Safe Routes to School Spring Contest begins Friday, March 27 and continues every Friday ending May 8. Every Friday volunteers will be posted at the entrances to the school to punch the kids cards. The contest runs for 6 weeks. A card full of 4 punches qualifies a student to enter their name into a raffle. The grand prize is a new Marin bike! If kids complete all 6 weeks of the contest they submit 2 cards and have twice the chance of winning! The drawing will take place at the Kermes Festival in May. The goal of the Spring Contest is to make walking, biking, scootering, or carpooling to school a habit! Friday will continue to be Walk and Roll to School Day for the rest of the year! Volunteers are needed to help in the mornings. Please call Michelle Camicia at 415-883-3347 or mcamicia@yahoo.com if you are able to help, or if you have any questions. School Garden "Basics Workshop" When: Monday, April 20, 2009 Time: 3:30-5:30 PM Location: Novato Charter School, 936 C Street, Novato Cost: $13 per person Childcare may be available for a small fee. Please call first. Who: School teachers, volunteer parents, high school students WORKSHOP OVERVIEW: From the garden to the classroom: Learn some garden basics (what to plant, soil preparation, planting, watering, dealing with bugs) while learning simple hands-on educational inside/outside garden activities that tie into the curriculum. Learn how to adapt activities to age level. Learn about free school garden resources. Handouts will be provided. INSTRUCTOR: Noelle Marquis graduated from Stanford University, having studied sustainable development and ecology. She has spent the past 10 years teaching environmental education and has run educational gardens at educational farms and outdoor schools, and, for the past 4 years, has been the gardening teacher at the Novato Charter School. She is currently completing her second year of permaculture and nature awareness studies at the Regenerative Design Institute in Bolinas. NOVATO CHARTER SCHOOL GARDEN: Our classroom will be in this ½ acre award winning school garden. Wheat, worms, chickens, the nursery, fruit trees, California natives, vegetables, and habitat gardens all delight and educate the students. Learn and be inspired at the same time. DIRECTIONS: The School is located in the Hamilton area of Novato. From North 101: Take Bel Marin Keys exit to Nave Drive. Go over overpass and turn right on Nave Drive. Pass shopping center. At Main Gate Road turn left. Pass Hamilton Elementary. At the stop sign, turn left onto C Street. Turn right at first driveway. Park in lot and walk towards Novato Charter School Garden. Class will be held in the garden. For more information visit Novato Live Well or call 415-897-2302 | Join Parent Leadership Institute! The Parent Leadership Trainings is a series of workshops, designed to support parent leaders interested in building the leadership capacity of families in the Loma Verde and Hamilton school communities. Together, we will learn how to strengthen the skills and capacity of parents/families and how to build stronger relationships within our school community. The four sessions are on the following Wednesdays: January 28th, February 25th, March 25th, and April 22nd. Please see Eileen Smith or Maria Romo if you are interested in registering. |