Period 6/7 Awesomeness Friday 6/3

Pop and Brooke picked up our first of many food donations from our generous, and supportive community! Delicious chicken tenders today from Crystal City Sports Pub - thanks Billy Bayne for your support!

Next week on Monday, we look forward to more donations to our hungry, hard working students from our local Chick-Fil-A. It's very validating to have vendors believing in and supporting this project.

Alison and Nina went on a scavenger hunt with almost no hints, and still found the replacement handle for the shovel. Brooke, Casha, and Abby replaced the shovel that was too wimpy to be useful to our strong, determined students.

Karen, William, Nina cleaned up all the rest of the vegetation - the place looks great.
Brendan got a rock and did great digging. Susan secured plenty of cold water to keep our thirst quenched.

All the students pitched in and the digging the stream path is now 20% finished. The digging was never dull - we would occasionally find mysterious bricks, a rusty screwdriver, and old pipes under the mulch.

Looking forward to finishing the stream by 6/8, and starting to lay down the rock and gravel to build the stream by 6/10.

Updates 6-3 for 4/5th Period

Pleasant day, 80* degrees, so we got lots of time outside. We were able to reallocate 9 water bags from trees that didn't need it, and fill up 3 bags to feed the 3 yews we transplanted last week.

Since Arlington County wasn't able to pick up and compost the plants we removed, we put them in an area here on campus where they could degrade naturally. This was hard work, and big thanks to the staff in the main office for letting us use a cart to transplant these heavy shrubs.

Big thanks to Rockbottom for scheduling a food and drink donation to the hungry thirsty workers in this early summer heat! We are also excited for every student to bring a rock to paint their name on. Jack made contact with Patrick Wegeng with Arlington County Parks and Rec, and they hope to donate some gravel and rock to the cause.