Bees!

How sweet it is to bee a Small Middle School Green student right now. The school is buzzing about our new honey bees! Check out the picture below of our students learning to care for the hive.

 

Birds of Prey Flight Demonstration

Yesterday, all of our Green Academy 6th graders attended a birds of prey flight demonstration performed by the falconers of Last Chance Forever. Last Chance Forever rescues, rehabilitates, and releases abandoned and injured birds of prey back into the wild. The presentation was amazing including owls, hawks, eagles, and vultures. If you would like to learn more about this fantastic San Antonio based organization click HERE to view Last Chance Forever's website. Check out the slide show of the presentation below!

Thank you again to this wonderful organization for giving our students such a transformative experience.

Knife Skills: "What's on your plate?"

Mr. Brooks' What's on your plate class is in the process of preparing for their final project (a three course meal made from whole foods) by learning some knife skills. Check out the pictures below!

Green Tech Academy Shirt and Fundraiser

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Small Middle School Green Tech Academy "Backyard" Shirt

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This shirt will be comfortable and affordable. It doesn't just represent our school, it should represent our comfort with nature. If we are lucky we can all end up with a shirt we are proud to wear around town and help our program make some extra funds.

Each year Small Middle School and the various programs on campus design and create great apparel for their programs. For years the Green Tech Academy shirts have been for an event or program. This year I wanted our shirt to represent the feeling that our gardens give to the faculty and staff and that we hope our community will start to feel. The term "the backyard" was used recently to describe the space our students have worked so hard to cultivate. Our gardens should be a retreat for the mind, body, and soul. It should feel comfortable and be treated just like it is your own backyard. On the back of the shirt is the phrase "think outside". It is a term used by permaculturalists. We want the term to make people think of gardens and of nature. We also want people to understand this is the philosophy all of our programs embody, to think outside of the norm.

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Garden Master Plan

Ever wonder what we are doing in the Small Middle School gardens? Wonder no more! Check out the garden master plan below! Click on the picture to view a larger version.