Jennie
K. Kolter Elementary School
Pond & Garden News
Link to
Houston Chronicle
Gardening
Kolter Pond -
Eco System
Bulletin Boards
Spring 2008
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Fall Garden Work Underway - Fall 2007 |
and more to come from Sunday Nov 4th Workday |
Earth Day
was Sunday April 22, 2007
Kolter 2nd grader Anna Blome (center), mom Pamela Lemoine
(right),
and Kolter's own Master Garderner Mrs Roth (left)
at Kids' Day at Bayou City Farmers' Market
Kolter "Busy Bees" on Feb 14, 2007
"Love Our Garden Day"
Teas
Nursery Has Some Cool Garden Information for Kids
http://www.teasnursery.com/Bromtalk.html
Kolter Garden Sets Example for Alpha Gardens
Kolter Alphabet Garden
Create Your
Own
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WOW! What A Work (and Fun) Day! On Sunday Afternoon
Nov 5, 2006 All These Hard Workers Came Out to Help in Kolter's Pond And
Garden. The Photographer apologizes for not capturing another example of
Mrs. Roth and her daughters working away in the garden..
What a major positive impact they have on Kolter.
He also missed getting Mrs Hoyos and her Mom before they went off to
trim vines near Mrs Hoyos' room.
Thanks to everyone who came out or brought cardboard for mulching
or have ever worked in these endeavors.
Niko and Jonathan
hold a sweet potato
grown in
Kolter Gardens and harvested in October 2006.
WOW!
Science from Kindergarten Up!
Check out these
2006 pictures below!
Thanks From The Garden
Wow, what an awesome turnout the garden had this past Saturday August 26, 2006. Even with the last minute notice, we had twenty volunteers from the Freshman class of Rice University and over twenty families from Kolter. Mrs.Rapp and Mrs. Derakshan lent their much appreciated assistance as well. There may have been a few sore bodies but they are balanced by some very happy hearts! Great job on removing apple snails, weeds and moving mulch. Our butterflies and tummies will soon be happier. Students, talk to your teacher about what you'd like to grow in the garden. Plantings will start in earnest after Labor Day. Mrs. Derakshan's classes will be planting lettuce and carrots this Friday. Our pizza topping bed is growing well. Our sweet potatoes and black-eyed peas are doing great as well. Check out the library for the books to give you ideas and have your teacher contact Mrs. Angela Roth for co-ordination. Any parents who would like to help, leave a note in the green Garden box in the office, please. Check out our school website next few weeks for the photos.
check out this newly found website www.kidsgardening.com
Congrats to the
Gardens of Kolter for receiving the
"Keep Houston Beautiful Proud Partners Award"
Fall 2005!
Each year, Keep Houston Beautiful (in partnership with the City of Houston) recognizes individuals and organizations that help make Houston a cleaner and more beautiful place to live. Honorees receive one of three forms of commendation for their efforts in performing community service or beautification projects: a "Mayor's Proud Partner" award, a certificate of recognition, or an honorable mention designation. In 2005, two HISD schools were honored with Mayor's Proud Partner awards. Representatives from Kolter Elementary School and Roosevelt Elementary School accepted plaques commemorating their achievements from Mayor Bill White and Keep Houston Beautiful Chairman Bill Linthicum during the annual Proud Partners Luncheon, which was held this year on November 21. Kolter Elementary School received the Mayor's Proud Partner award for its Garden Expansion Project, which took place in 2003 with the help of Urban Harvest. As part of the project, the school enlarged its outdoor learning gardens to include vegetable- and fruit-growing areas, and students have since planted and harvested two fall and two spring gardens of tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, and an assortment of herbs. Parents of Kolter students report that their children are now teaching them the skills that they have learned in the garden. |
Garden Grant Won in the Fall of 2005
A Heron Has a Home At Kolter Pond
Pond Habitat Workday Nov 6, 2005
