California Coastal Clean Up Celebration

Check out all the great activities families can participate in

California Coastal Clean-Up 3 Week Celebration!

Sept. 20th to 24th is CALIFORNIA CLEAN UP WEEK!

Teachers and Parents here is a great page for activities!

Activity: The Earth Has a Temperature!

http://www.coastal.ca.gov/publiced/ccd/ccd_teachers.html

Rock the Vote - Register to Vote online! English and Spanish

If you'd like to register to vote on November 4, 2008, here's a fast way to register.
Go to "Rock the Vote", where anyone who is eligible can register in English or Spanish.

Online 4th Grade Math Activities

Want to learn more about math? Come to this great online math activity site hosted by Harcourt Math!

Foss Science Online Professional Development

Here's a great link for everyone who is using the FOSS KITS to teach science! These are videos all about how to use the kits to teach science.

http://fossweb.com/ca/modules3-6/Environments/teacher_videos.html

Urban Farming's Vertical Gardens - A Must See downtown!

As you know, Urban Farming, a 503(c) nonprofit is working with us at Nora Sterry, to create an after-school sustainability project. Here is an example of what they are currently focused on in our great city of Los Angeles. A hint of what's to come to the Nora Sterry school community as we become a sustainable green school, educating our students and their families to become global citizens who understand the concept of sustainability and personal responsibility as a part of the global community.

Urban Farming Collaborates with LAUSD Beyond the Bell!

Great news for students who want to participate in gardening and ecoliteracy hands-on projects at Nora Sterry Elementary School over the summer!

Beginning July 7th, 2008 and continuing until August 1, students can come to campus, eat free lunch and participate in the Urban Farming Program. The gardening activities and the waste management activities will take place afternoons from 3:00 to 4:30 on most days.

We hope to maintain the school vegetable and fruit gardens as well as start seedlings for planting in the Fall. We also hope to build the 6 raised beds for the Growing Great Pilot Project beginning in the Fall.

Hope to see you at school this summer, helping to maintain and expand our school gardening program!