SES Environmental Fair
Sunday, April 3 from 2-4pm
Join us at the back of the school!
Stoneleigh Elementary School PTA proudly presents an afternoon of Environmental Awareness for our communities
Please join in an afternoon of community engagement in environmental stewardship! On Sunday, April 3rd from 2-4pm the PTA will host a wide variety of environmental organizations and companies, ice cream truck, poster winners and local music! Want to really get involved? Take a minute to pickup trash around the campus as part of the stream/campus cleanup.
The goals of this event
Educate SES community about environmental issues
Provide a fun, safe event and opportunity for community to gather
Give students an opportunity to give back to community through a stream/campus cleanup
Activities leading up to this event
Poster Contest - In February, students created posters highlighting an environmental cause important to them. Students will be given the opportunity to vote on their favorite for each grade. Winners to receive the honor of having their artwork on display, featured in the Towson Times and other prizes.
See all the submissions here. Announcements of grade winners at 3pm at the Fair!
Tables
Learn about bike safety
Our local waterkeeper.
The Towson Loop is a free transit service that quickly and conveniently connects residents, commuters, students and visitors to stops throughout Towson’s central business district.
A locally-owned curbside collection service for your compostable food waste.
The Baltimore County Ag Center is a free public park, open 7 days a week from sunrise to sunset. Stop by to see our farm animals, walk the trails, explore the gardens, and check out educational exhibits and kids play areas!
The Ag Center offers educational programs and events, field trips, birthday parties, summer camp, and more! For additional information email baltcoagcenter [at] baltimorecountymd.gov or visit us online.
Learn about turtle and snakes
Beautiful, Practical Products for a Zero-Waste Life.
"Your Yard can help Save the Planet!" The important food chain from tiny caterpillars to butterflies, bees, birds, chipmunks, fox, and other wildlife, all of which depend on native plants and trees for their survival. There will be a tabletop display, photos of butterflies and moths and their caterpillars, and information. Hosted by Baltimore County Master Gardener and certified Maryland Master Naturalist Patty Mochel.
We work with farmers to rescue produce so it doesn't needlessly go to waste.
Idlewylde Green
Adreon Hubbard to present information about Monarch Butterflies
Animal ambassadors!
The Natural History Society of Maryland is a private nonprofit dedicated to conserving Maryland’s natural heritage and educating its citizens on the natural sciences since 1929. Our natural history collections date from the 1800s to the present and include minerals, fossils, flora, fauna, and artifacts from Maryland and the mid-Atlantic region.
Environmental Themed Crafts
SES Green Club
Students show how to make easy environmentally friendly crafts. Students are tallying environmental impact of the event.
White Oak Tree Interactive display with images of a wide variety of animals -- mammals, reptiles, and insects -- that live in or rely on white oak trees. Learn about the diversity of life in an oak tree! Be sure to inspect the white oak tree branches and leaves and learn about this tree's "fun facts".
Want to have a tree added to your property? Signup here!
Learn all about how you can make a difference in your neighborhood to protect wildlife!
Towson High School Environmental Club
Students will have an interactive display discussing plastics, microplastics and their impact on our food chain/global environment.
Vote4More
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Take action to restore local streams, creeks, and rivers. Join us in participating in Project Clean Stream! Come together and foster a healthier and more sustainable relationship with the Chesapeake. Anytime throughout the event, or on the way to the event, collect any trash you see on the ground. There will be bags for collection and glove for use at the sign "Project Clean Stream" located at the steps leading to the lower parking lot. Please signup/sign in!
This is more than a truck. This is a symbol of resilience and perseverance and hope. We call it the "Change Maker Mobile." Yes we have great ice cream, and yes we deliver great customer service. But the point of our truck is to inspire our community through our hard work.
Ice cream available for $4 each.
Bike Swap
On Saturday April 2nd or April 3rd by 1pm, bring bikes for donation to the school bike rack [north west back of building]. There will be 2 areas: working condition and parts. Working condition bikes may be taken home by any visitor at the event {with assumed liability that it is of used condition and needs to be inspected accordingly}. BYKE Collective and Baltimore Bike Works will be on site and can set up times to complete this action [fees may apply]. All parts will be donated along with any unclaimed bikes to BYKE Collective at the end of the Environmental Fair.
Music Acts
Getting there
Please consider being a cyclist or pedestrian to visit this event. If you are driving, please park at the front lot of the school or along the streets. The Kimway lot will be marked off to allow for the food truck and campus cleanup space. No other cars will be able to park here.
The event will be located at the rear of the school from the sport courts to the lower parking area and the kindergarten playground.
Keep an eye out for the SES Green Club table located by the steps to the sport court/food area. Students are collecting data to determine our environmental impact of this event, so please mark how you've arrived with either an "X" (walking/biking) or "O" (vehicular travel).