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Wednesday, May 20, 2020
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It's Wordy Wednesday!
It's Wordy Wednesday! Today - think of three words that best describe you and tell us why!
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Wild Wednesdays with the Bruce Museum
Wild Wednesdays
Week 4: Pollinators: Spotlight on Bees
By Hara Woltz
Welcome to the fourth week of Wild Wednesdays! Last week's lesson, Pollination Appreciation, introduced the intertwined relationship between pollinators and plants. Plants and pollinators have a beneficial relationship called mutualism, in which both the plant and the pollinator receive benefits from the other. Humans and other animals receive amazing benefits from this relationship between pollinators and plants as well. In the U.S. alone, scientists estimate that the economic contributions of bees add up to around $15 billion dollars each year. Almost 90% of the world’s flowering plants depend on some sort of animal pollination, including 75% of agricultural crops.
May 20 is World Bee Day, so it is the perfect time for a close-up look at bees. Established by the United Nations in 2017, this day was picked as the day to celebrate bees because it is the birthday of Anton Janša, a pioneering 18th century beekeeper and bee advocate. Because threats to bee survival include pesticide use, habitat loss, and climate change, bees need all the advocates they can get.
We want to see your nature journals!
Please share an image from your Wild Wednesday participation with us by emailing a photo to Membership Manager, Laura Freeman at lfreeman@brucemuseum.org to be featured on Bruce Museum social media. This might be a photo of your pollination exploration, flower dissection, bird coloring pages, soundscape maps, your bee drawings or anything else you've included in your nature journal. Share with us!
Library Books
An automated message regarding returning library books went out to parents this weekend in error. Library books may be returned on June 2nd, 3rd, and 4th when parents come to pick up students' belongings. There will be a cart for books placed in front of the school.
Tuesday, June 2nd
9:00-11:00 Kindergarten
11:00-2:00 5th grade
Wednesday, June 3rd
9:00-11:00 1st grade
11:00-2:00 4th grade
Thursday, June 4th
9:00-11:00 2nd grade
11:00-2:00 3rd grade
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Mrs. Trish McGuire - Principal
Email: trish_mcguire@greenwich.k12.ct.us
Website: www.greenwichschools.org/jcs
Location: 180 East Elm Street, Greenwich, CT, USA
Phone: (203) 869-1896
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