2025-26 Meetings

THANK YOU for allowing your student to experience Jr Conservation Club with us this school year! Not to worry- the club will be open for new members next fall (4th & 5th graders) and there is now a Conservation Club at NMS for all of our outgoing 5th-soon-to-be-6th graders!

Next, we got crafty by repurposing some old seashells into beautiful works of art that students will choose to either hide in the Habitat Garden or take to display at home.

Finally, we had some fun just playing in the garden and winning a few "raffle" items. Soon the weather will be warm and we hope that all our members have a summer full of hiking, gardening, fishing, and making memories in the outdoors that will last a lifetime!

We welcomed Wayne County's State Wildlife Officer, Aaron Brown to this month's club meeting! Officer Brown has worked for the ODNR for 15 years and shared all the exciting details of his career. 

After a Q & A session, students got to identify and touch a variety of Ohio animal pelts (clearly a big highlight of the presentation!) 

As always, this excitable group loves to pose for a silly picture! THANK YOU OFFICER BROWN for sharing your line of work with us, and maybe inspiring some future Wildlife Officers!

Who's walking in the snow? At NES, there are rabbits, cats, deer....and kids of course!

It may be cold outside, but we can bring some of nature's beauty indoors!

Mrs. Murphy lead the group in creating fun, festive decor using a combination of collected natural materials, and upcycled and repurposed items. The end results are beautiful and just as unique as the artist that created them!

Using Our Five Senses 

First we had a scavenger hunt, looking high and low to find things like habitats, insects, objects that were big and small, and more to sharpen our observation skills of all things in the Habitat Discovery Garden!

Then we continued using our 5 senses to investigate a fall favorite: different varieties of apples! After noting their color, size, smell, and texture, we got to taste each variety. Some were definitely favored more than others (Sweet Tango was a group favorite!). Mrs. Murphy also brought various nuts from different trees for students to study and try to identify.