School Grounds Enhancement
🌿 JDP Garden Club is currently growing: Oregano, rosemary, pole beans, banana plants, a newly planted a tomato plant and a variety of wildflowers. Our basil and green pepper plant made it through the summer, and a storm...we'll see how they do over the next few months.
👨🌾 Community Garden Beautification Day: Joining Mrs. Sapienza were Green Club members, Cynthia & Quentin Million and their mother, Naomi. As well as, Scarlett & Vivian Schmidt, along with their mother, Kimberly. JDP Rockets, Kahlan & Breanna Hufnagel joined us with their grandmother Barbara.
📣SAC Members granted Green Club with the funds to order crushed shell to create a pathway through the garden.
📣Mrs. Kimberly Moore from the UF/IFAS Family Nutrition Program gifted us with mulch to spruce up the garden.
📣Mr. Freitas with Team Parks, donated a wheelbarrow to our Garden Club.
🏅Florida Wildflower Foundation Grant Recipient. We received 4 new varieties of wildflowers through Seedlings for Schools.
❗We made some headway with the school garden, but we have lots of work left to finish. Our next Garden Beautification Day will be in December. Please keep a look out for the date and consider volunteering some of your time. We need the rest of the pathway cleared so that shell can be laid. We had a pallet of mulch delivered as well that didn't get touched yet. We need more manpower! Please help your school family with this worthwhile mission.❗
For more information, contact Brittney Sapienza at sapienb@martinschools.org
Volunteer & Sponsorship Opportunities
🍍Anytime you eat a pineapple, think of us! Cut off the top, stick it in a bag and send it to us!🍍
Know any local business that would love to support our school garden?!
Volunteer to Weed Garden Periodically
$ Solar Powered Fountain
$$ Mulch Donation/Sponsor (2-3x a year)
$$ Soil Donation/Sponsor (twice a year)
$$$ Garden Signage (butterfly garden, fruit/vegetable garden, tropical oasis garden)
$$$ Turf instillation for small area of garden
✅Crushed Shell ~Thank you JDP SAC for your donation
Community Service
🌊 In September, was the International Coastal Cleanup. A great group of Green Club members, as well as JDP Rockets worked together to beautify Flagler Park in Downtown Stuart.
🚯 Palm Beach Road Adoption Program through Keeping Martin Beautiful has been renewed for the 24-25 school year. Green Club members sold our harvests to teachers and staff last year, earning $25. This year, Green Club members harvested Oregano that was sold at Spooktacular - $10 was donated. These funds, along with Mrs. Sapienza's donation, we were able to keep our road!
Once we get our garden managed, we will begin to schedule Road Cleanups.
School Sustainability
♻️ Recycling Club
Ongoing initiatives:
FUNraising clothing/textile recycling bin (located in the back of the carline parking lot) This is NOT a donation bin.
Plastic Grocery Bag Recycling in partnership with Publix. (#2 or #4 recycling symbol only) Room #126
Did you know?
We have multiple on site water refill stations! Send your student in with their water bottles.
Recycling
Please consider recycling any unwanted clothing. The clinic urgently needs boys' and girls' bottoms in sizes small and medium. We do not require tops or underwear—only shorts, pants, and similar items. If you have anything to donate, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You!
If you have any questions regarding our Green Team Gardening or Recycling program, please contact Brittney Sapienza at sapienb@martinschools.org. I hope to make this a frequent newsletter to keep our school family up to date on our Green initiatives throughout the year.