Gilkey Elementary First Graders Plant Trees at Front Entrance
This eager group of first graders from Erin Brinks’ class spent a busy half-hour today planting trees in the front entrance new landscaping. This group won a contest, Pennies for Plants, to earn the opportunity to take a portion of a class period to “assist” the workers from Landscape Designworks in this project. Students were encouraged to bring pennies into their classrooms to help fund the Earth Week projects. This group raised nearly $60 – in pennies! (more…)
