Native Roots

The College Board that provides the curriculum for AP Environmental Science has partnered with WE, formerly known as Free The Children, to make Berea-Midpark an AP-WE school. WE is a worldwide development charity and youth empowerment movement founded in 1995. WE Schools transforms classrooms with experiential service-learning. Through educational resources and service campaigns, students further their curricular learning, develop the life skills for success and make a positive impact on the world.

While service learning does involve performing service, it is based on a structured academic foundation. Students who participate in service learning apply their academics to real-life settings/situations by being active in meaningful community-based service. In addition, they work on problems that make academic learning relevant while enhancing their leadership and social skills, analytic ability, and civic responsibility.

We will be planting at Middlebrook, over by Middleburg Heights Jr. High (formerly Midpark High School) and the Middleburg Heights Food Pantry.

We chose this location for numerous reasons

1) It is within our school district, therefore easy to access by members of our community

2) As it is at the school, the planting day and the signs made discussing the plants act as an educational opportunity for younger students

3) Construction in that area is finished, so we can plant without disruption of construction equipment or debris harming those planting, enjoying, and the plants themselves.