Planning your summer? Consider adding in some time to help out at the school garden! Over the summer, we ask volunteers to come water the Cascadia Learning Garden one week at a time. During this week, volunteers come 2 or 3 times to water and check in on the garden. If interested, please send an …
Category: Garden Blog
Mar 15
Cascadia Learning Garden Wishlist
The Cascadia Learning garden has a wishlist for items to help grow and maintain the garden and the garden curriculum! See below for items.
Cascadia Learning Garden Wishlist
- 10-20 more kids sized gloves (in various sizes)
- Compost (always good to have!)
- More burlap
- Cucumber trellis
- Clippers
- Wildlife-attracting items like bird feeders, bird bath, pollinator …
Mar 15
Garden Work Parties
Spring is upon us! Come enjoy and help cultivate the Cascadia Learning Garden. We are planning garden work parties on April 3rd and May 14th, both from 10 am- 2 pm. Mark your calendars! Come help spread mulch and garden joy throughout our learning garden!
Volunteers should plan to bring gloves, a shovel (if possible) …
Mar 15
Parent Volunteers for Garden Classes
Typically, we rely on in person/in class parent volunteers to help with the 3rd grade (and maybe 4th! Grade) garden curriculum and were hoping to be able to do so this year. As the situation is evolving, the safety committee is reviewing if and how best to have parent volunteers return to the classroom. Stay …
Mar 11
Cascadia Learning Garden Wishlist
The Garden Program offers hands-on learning for our 3rd Grade students. To prepare the program for success once students are back in the building, we are asking families who are able to donate the following supplies:
- 10-20 kids sized gloves (in various sizes)
- Compost (always good to …
Apr 29
Cascadia Garden Blog
We’re starting virtual gardening lessons at Cascadia!
Until we can get back into the garden as a community, the garden teacher, Ms. Nicole is making videos highlighting a different theme and giving a new project each week. For the first lesson, 3rd graders will learn about invertebrates in the soil. They will discover the …
Mar 06
Spring Garden Lessons Begin!
Spring has Sprung for third-graders in the garden!
Things are revving up in the garden. In February, Nicole brought the kids outside to get reacquainted with the garden and check on plants that have been growing there since last fall. This was a great opportunity to look at and learn about the parts of …
Feb 02
3rd Grade Garden Ed Resumes!
It’s already time for our spring Garden Education session to begin, with Group A (Erickson, Orme) meeting this Friday, February 7, and Group B (Rohrabaugh, Lee, Jasper) meeting next Friday, February 14.
Want to help out? If you can lend some Garden Ed assistance, please contact our garden coordinator Sherry.
Becky will be weeding …
Nov 13
Big Fall Festival of Groundskeeping!
Come Weed With Me, The Best Is Yet To Be
Who: Cascadia friends, family, neighbors. Kids welcome! (I bet they’d love to help and/or play on the playground — no supervision provided) What: pull weeds and spread mulch When: Saturday, November 16, 9am to 2pm Where: The school grounds (specifically: the beds in the …
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Upcoming Events
Apr
30
Tue
6:00 pm
1000% Me: Growing up Mixed – Fil...
@ Whittier Elementary School
1000% Me: Growing up Mixed – Fil...
@ Whittier Elementary School
Apr 30 @ 6:00 pm – 7:45 pm
1000% Me: Growing up Mixed – Film Screening & Discussion Tuesday, April 30, 2024 from 6 – 7:45 pm at Whittier Elementary School Join mixed-race children and their families for a screening of the film 1000% Me: Growing up Mixed, followed by a child-centered facilitated discussion. In the film, W. Kamau Bell tackles the joys and challenges of growing …
May
3
Fri
all-day
5th grade camping trip
5th grade camping trip
May 3 – May 5 all-day
Welcome to Cascadia’s 5th Grade parents-organized camping trip at Cornet Bay Retreat Center. The centerpiece of the camping ground is a large grassy meadow on a bay, surrounded by old-growth trees. It is safe, roomy and well-equipped for a weekend of child play and parent relaxation. What a fantastic opportunity to create lasting memories before …
6:00 pm
Movie Night
Movie Night
May 3 @ 6:00 pm
Join us on Friday, May 3rd for another Cascadia Family Movie Night Come join your classmates for a cozy good time on Friday, May 3rd. Siblings are of course welcome! Bring blankets and pillows to cozy up on the gym floor for the movie. Low-backed chairs are welcome *in the back* near the bleachers so …
May
5
Sun
all-day
Teacher Appreciation Week
Teacher Appreciation Week
May 5 – May 11 all-day
Throughout the week of May 6-10, activities will include a coffee cart, special potluck meals, flowers coordinated by room parents, and the opportunity to write notes of appreciation. Most activities will take place during the school day and are coordinated and supported by the PTA board. We will also hang a poster in the school …
May
8
Wed
5:30 pm
Game night
Game night
May 8 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Please join us for a board and card game night on May 8 at the school from 5:30 to 7:30.
May
17
Fri
all-day
(Canceled) 2nd grade camping trip
(Canceled) 2nd grade camping trip
May 17 – May 19 all-day
This event is organized by a group of parents, and is not an official school event, and is not sponsored by the PTA. Cama beach had to cancel the cabins for repair work, so we don’t currently have a plan for 2nd grade camping in 2024.
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