A Weekend trip to the recycling bin!

This weekend Mrs. Thayer, Mrs. Henke, Jai Ramesh and his mom delivered the materials the two classes had collected for the recycling bin. Way to help our environment classroom buddies!

Classroom buddies celebrate Earth Day by making bird feeders.

Mrs. Thayer’s and Mrs. Henke’s classes made bird feeders using some of the items they gathered to be recycled.  The classes “reused” the paper towel and toilet paper rolls to make the bird feeders.

Catnip toys a big hit at the Cat Rescue!

Recently Miss Erickson’s and Mrs. Richardson’s classes made catnip toys for the Floresville Cat Rescue. The rescue sent these pictures back to show the cats playing with the toys they made. Click on the thumbnails to make them bigger.

Classroom Buddies clean up campus Butterfly Garden

Mrs. Haby’s and Mrs. Pruski’s classes recently cleaned up the campus Butterfly Garden. The pictures show how hard everyone worked! Everyone is waiting anxiously for the butterfly release!

Mrs. Fleming’s and Mrs. Robert’s class make posters!

The classes made posters for the nursing home.

Classroom Buddies meet to make catnip toys for cats.

Miss. Erickson’s and Mrs. Richardson’s classes met recently and made catnip toys out of socks for the cat shelter. Everyone had a great time!

Classroom Buddies collect gently used clothes.

Mrs. Lucio’s and Mrs. K. Silva’s class collected gently used clothes and donated them to the FISD school social worker. When the classes delivered the clothes to Mr. Ben Reed, he gave them a tour of the store.

Classroom Buddies send good wishes to Wounded Warriors at BAMC.

Ms. Bailey’s and Mrs. Frantz’ classes recently made banners thanking the wounded warriors for their services to our country. Each child also wrote letters to accompany the banners.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Mrs. Henke and Mrs. Thayer have begun their recycling project. The activities will continue until April 24th.

If you have anything you would like to donate please see Mrs. Henke or Mrs. Thayer.

Campus Beautification Service-Learning Project

We are starting a service learning project with Mrs. Cisneros’s ABLE classroom and Ms. Oakes’ 2^nd grade classroom involving the planters around our campus.  It will consist of potting new plants in the containers located throughout our campus with plans for the containers to be moved to the elementary schools next year.  Not having the greenest of thumbs, I have asked for guidance from Mr. Johnny Hewell, Community Service Coordinator from the S.T.A.R.S. program, to assist us in this project. 

For those that may not know, the S.T.A.R.S. program stands for:  Student initiative, Thoughtful service, Authentic learning, Reflective practice, and Substantive partnerships.  One of the missions of the S.T.A.R.S. after school program is to give a student the opportunity to increase self-esteem by presenting service-learning activities that begin in the classroom and extend to the projects that are in place and giving students the opportunity to achieve their highest potential to become confident and caring individuals.  They are a volunteer after-school program.  The S.T.A.R.S. program is funded by the Floresville Independent School District as well as through self-sustaining funds mostly consisting of plant sales.

Mr. Hewell has graciously agreed to allow our students to visit the greenhouses located next to the alternative campus and have some of his students give a tour and discuss the best ways to plant in containers.  We are also very happy to report that he is going to donate the plants for the containers from their stock of plants in the greenhouses.  As a thank you for their help, I would like to ask you and your family to donate any plant containers (in good condition) you may have extra around your house to the S.T.A.R.S. program.  Any size of container is welcome. 

Thank you in advance for any donations you may send our way.  I will be keeping you informed of our progress, as well as, letting you know when we will have a “Family Planting Time” here at school.  It is with great hope that we will have our campus looking spectacular before this year ends.  If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at 830-393-5310 or email me at tpfeil@fisd.us. 

Sincerely,

Tamara Pfeil

Lifeskills Teacher