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=Welcome to the Courtyard at EMO beautification project!=


 * //There will be a meeting on Wednesday November12th in the Elementary Library to//**
 * //introduce some ideas concerning the courtyard facelift.//**
 * //The next meeting will be held in January 2009 after the holidays.....possible date being the 7th//**
 * //or the 14th on a Wednesday....Elem. Sch.Lib....7:00pm..keep posted.thank you!//**

I will present the Courtyard Beautification Project to the PTO and the Booster Club on **November20th** in the Elementary School. At this meeting I will share the fundraising ideas we have and try to promote a positive outcome with the assistance of these organizations. Joseph O.Kommer an Environmental Science teacher from the WHBHS visited our Courtyard this week with a lot of positive enlightening suggestions... Thank you JOK

__**November 22ndUpdate**__ The Booster Club/PTO were interested in helping with the Courtyard Project. I will be walking around the Christmas Fair with a 50/50. Proceeds will go to the Courtyard Beautification. Thank You Mrs. Cassidy who is setting up for the Christmas Fair. I would also like to thank Mr Robert Donohue for donating some soccer balls and shirts to another "Sports Grid" fundraiser that will be held in the 5-8 grades with the assistance Mrs.Castanzo and either the honor society or student council.Proceeds also to go to the Courtyard Beautification......Thanks to all. Boy Scouts will clean up some wood chips and stock pile them in the courtyard on the **12th of December at 3:00pm**....weather permitting!!!!! Hot Chocolate to follow.Thank you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you to all the boy scouts from pack29 and their leaders for the great turn out and clean up. It was a cold afternoon but the boys didn't seem to mind. It made the hot chocolate and cookies that much better!!!!!!!!!!!A big thanks again... Please visit our fundraiser page. To summarize, we are continuing our brick sale. March there will be a bulb/flower sale. April look forward to a craft/yard sale. More information will follow. There is so much we can do when the snow melts!!! Thank you Mrs. Christensen. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/nyregion/new-jersey/07Rgarden.html?em The snow is melting!!!!!!!! I can see the ground again for awhile.The children are coloring strawberries and monogramming tomatoes at lunchtime. The monies will be going to buy real plants SOON. Sorry I haven't posted any new news... the weather isn't conducive for planting!!!!!!!!! Last week the teachers and staff met to form a mission statement for our courtyard project. It was a productive meeting. We spoke about a 1,3 and 5 year plan. Thanks to all who showed... Betty Ann Dr.Russo invited me to give an update about our project at Superintendent's Round Table meeting on March 11th at 9:30... see you there. So much has happened. We raised $2,425.50 profit from our FLOWER POWER fundraiser this past Feb/March. Our final count from our Rummage/Bake/Craft Sale was $1,000. Ms Marinace and a few neighbors planted 20+ butterfly bushes out in the Courtyard this past Tuesday with the help of their children. The bushes were free from the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Thank you to Bart Stewart who this past Spring Break drilled through 24" of cement to give us water!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you to the Superintendent and the School Board members. Mr. Fee and a few boyscout from pack 29 recently cleared another area away of the heavy tarp and wood chips. Thank you for your support. My next goal is to encourage more brick sales with calls and mailings. It's been awhile since I've updated our wikispace.. Thank you SillyLilys for making our raised beds of cedar and painting and delivering them!!Soon we will move them to the northeast corner of the courtyard and fill them with soil!! thanks I spoke with Garrett Gesswein who is doing his Eagle Scout Project for our courtyard (Pergola with benches). His project was approved by our board and his Boy Scout Council Leaders....I imagine we will be seeing it spring/summer of 2010. Emily Petterson has planted some perennials outside her library doors... looking good!!!! We have 2" of gravel installed by Dave Colon delivered by Garone Asphalt Paving..... thank you..the money we used from our Flower Power fundraiser. This Holiday Fair 09-10...I will be selling mor bricks... hopefully I will get 23 more to total 100 so I may place the order... this money will be toward our greenhouse in the northwest corner... oops!!!!!!!!!were did the time go. I just sent an email out asking for the last brick orders so I can place that order and move on. Hopefully we will have enough to purchase a greenfhouse. Today our FlowerPower fundraiser went out. Last year it was a blooooommming success and we used the monies to remove the chips and replace them with stone. That southwest section is waiting to be our future book nook. Garrett Gesswein our Eagle Scout is hoping to get started on his project this spring..(pergola and benches). Mr. Hoda and Mr. Urban are planning to meet with Mr. Eberhard and Mr. Leuthard to discuss future clearing of old mulch and creating some planting areas..... The raised beds made by my husband and the Silly lily crew are waiting to be filled with dirt and vegies...... lest hope the snow stops sooooon.. Betty ann Oh my what happened to the time. All Good news... Garrett Gesswien with some friends and Jim Naples have successfully finishes the pergola and benches.\ Yesterday I went to Stables ( a local nursery ) and they graciously donated hanging baskets to compliment the hooks and pots that Garrett accented on/by the pergola. The bricks have arrived looking good. I will start putting them in next week.... This fall I hear there will be plantings by local nurseries.... Keep you posted.....Betty Ann So much has happened.... First thank you to Marcella Weiss for donating the beautiful flowers in our hanging baskets on the pergola. Thank you Laura McLoughlin for advising the right flowers to use. Thank you Bart for fixing the cracked pipe (our only water source)... and thank you for your time opening the school so all of this work can be done. A great big on going thanks to John Leuthardt who spent all day Columbus day hauling soil and debrie and trees in and out of the courtyard... I cna't begin to explain the transformation.... I'll take some pictures and post them.... Lori Haus has money from the environmental club.. I found a composting container that looks great..it's sealed etc... it would be great to compost over this winter and use it this spring.. Things are looking up... thanks to all of you.......see you out there... and yes teachers are using the pergola sitting on the benches] reading.... I will get a picture watch out.............Betty Ann John Leuthhardt revisisted our courtyard and put in many more scrubs and fruit trees.It's beautiful. November 17th,2010 before the School Board Mtg. we are having an open house for our courtyard. We would like to take this opportunity for the community to come share it's progress.I spoke to Brandy Buchman at the Manorville Press who will put it in the press this week. Angela Hernandez will sent an email to k-8 parents and staff to welcome all who might want to come and visit.............. See you there.....Betty Ann
 * December 15th update:**
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 * January 23rd update: Please visit this amazing link below.**
 * January 30th update:**
 * March 5th update:**
 * The purpose of the East Moriches School Courtyard organic garden is to provide an inviting,**
 * engaging, instructive and authentic outdoor classroom for the education**
 * and pleasure of our students.**
 * To beautify the couryard (bushes, pines)
 * Welcome nature into the courtyard (butterflies)
 * To create an area to instruct and relax
 * To encourage staff to utilize it's harvest (herbs)
 * To introduce children to nature and science( composting, planting,greenhouse)
 * April 29th update:**
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