From the Desk of Mr Fitz
Trombly Elementary School
Update from the State
WTRO On Break!
Spring Break - April 6 - 10
Living History - Students Start a Journal
News From The Beautification Committee
The coronavirus pandemic has forced all of us to make adjustments to our regular routine. The Arbor Week Poster Contest is no exception. Locally we are celebrating Arbor Week April 19-25.
The template of the poster can be accessed through the following link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HnUM1n63LkVRRE3EzL5EjJnPO4EzbN_H/view?usp=sharing
If you have a printer, you can print out at home. If not, use a blank paper and add the information to the top of the page. When the poster is done, take a picture of it and send it to armen.gulian@royaloakschools.org. Armen Gulian is a Commission member (and a Trombly Mom). She will pass on the pictures to the webmaster for Grosse Pointe Park.
Please display the posters on your front door. It will be fun to see the posters as we go about our walks. We ask that the posters be put up no sooner than April 15 and be left up through Arbor Week or longer if you wish
Participating students can pick up their seedlings at one of the following sites on April 20 until the seedlings are gone: Windmill Pointe Park, Patterson Park and Grosse Pointe Park City Hall. All seedlings will be left outdoors and are safely wrapped in plastic. This year we are featuring red pine seedlings. Pencils will also be available at the pick up site.
Student activities:
-using your cell phone take pictures of letter shapes in the bare tree branches to spell out 'Arbor' or 'Tree'.
-write a poem or story about a tree that is meaningful to you.
-using sidewalk chalk, write out the value of trees on the sidewalk sections. Identify at least 10 things.
-write about the usefulness of trees in making medicines.
- create a simple activity on Flipgrid or Google classroom i.e. take a measurement of the largest tree on your block, make a video about your favorite tree, collect pinecones and create an artistic piece from them.
Thanks for helping the Beautification Commission