Welcome, BxC families to Street Tree Action Day!
We are so excited for students to be able to share the hard work they have been doing to take care of the street trees outside of the school. We are looking forward to having our families take home a tree care kit. We hope that you are able to adopt a tree in your own neighborhood. Together we can make a cleaner, greener Bronx!
On Saturday, May 16th, students, families and staff celebrated the street tree stewardship of our students and began a Bronx-wide street tree action project. BxC families will be adopting a street tree on their block, caring for it during the hot months between May and October. They will water their tree, keep it clean and aerate the soil, so the roots get lots of air and water. If all of our students adopt a tree on their home block, BxC families will help care for 100 trees across the Bronx. That makes a big impact!
At Street Tree Action Day, students taught their families how to use different tools to take care of street trees, together families made a sign for their adopted tree, and they also signed up to become authors on this blog. Ian Jack, a forester with the Parks Department, led street tree tours on our block to talk with families about some of the hazards that street trees face. Students and families also planted flowers that were bought with money raised during a bake sale at family conferences.
On their way out, families received a tree care bucket filled with tree care tools, gloves, information about tree care and lots of other goodies. Families will take their tree care kits and all of their knowledge back to their neighborhoods where they will help keep the Bronx green!
Street Tree Action Day was developed through a grant from Partnerships
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Genovy says: I love trees. I was taking care of trees. We went to make a sign for the tree. In my sign I put be kind to street trees. I like trees because they grow really big and they look beautiful with trees.
ReplyDeleteMom wrote: I had a really nice time with Genovy, I always try to let her know of the importance of the environment.
I would like to care for the trees in my community so that my community looks more beautiful. In this way, we can care for our planet.
ReplyDeleteAdrian de la Cruz and his mom say: I would like to take care of the trees in my community so that my neighborhood looks more beautiful. In this way we can care for our planet.
ReplyDeletebrian: I am going to adopt a tree.
ReplyDeleteI like how trees help to keep the environment clean. Trees look beautiful that's why I like to plant them. They give us oxygen and keep us alive.I learned in the school that you have to take care of the trees that you have as well as all the street trees. you can make houses from trees.
ReplyDeletemy tree i took care of today that tree was our best friend. Also i like how the trees make the air better for us to breath.Please take care of them, we really them.
ReplyDeleteAlexandra says: I like tress because they give us lots of oxygen. I love to plant trees because they give us apples and oranges. I like when trees show us their flowers. I love my tree!
ReplyDeleteMom and Dad: We share with Alexandra that trees help other animals live and eat. That is why trees are important in the survival of species around the world.
we care for the tree
ReplyDeletemy name cisse adama, father of ahmadou and mbamba. it was a great experience and i feel like caring for atree is like caring for a human being. thank so much for inviting us.
ReplyDeleteI sang songs about many trees, and I plant a flower. First thing i did was to wear my cloves, picked my flower, went and raked the ground, digged the ground and I plant my flower.
ReplyDeleteI showed my mom how I did it, and how I can take care of the tree.
Mom enjoyed the tree planting program. It is an interesting program.
We are very proud to be part of this wonderful project about trees. We had a wonderful day and are happy that we will care for trees that will continue to keep our world a beautiful place to live in. From Ruth Sosa and Mom, Marisol Guzman.
ReplyDeletewe take care of trees.we plant a flowers. we talk about how to take of them. we have lecture about the important about trees in our daily live.
ReplyDeleteMy name is Yanelis. I am in Elena and Joshua's class. Today I had fun singing, making a sign for my tree and looking at the trees. I met a forester.
ReplyDeleteToday is Tree Day. My cousin Bianca and Mom came with me today. I had lots and lots of fun. It was awesome! I played with my friends Michael, Jared, Angel, and Jermery. I made a sign for my tree.
ReplyDeleteMy name is Sheryllyn. My son Jared is in kindergarten at BxC. Street tree action Day is awesome. My family and I are enjoying learning how to take care of street trees in our neighborhood. This will be a great opportunity for my family to use what we have learned and take it back to our community. TREES ROCK!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteit was nice to be here doing planting with my family and my friends today. I am going to take care of the street trees because they help us get air.
ReplyDeleteWe have enjoyed planting marigolds and other flowers. We have created a street sign and listen to the children sing their tree songs we have really learned and enjoyed the gardening and tree care experience. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteMy nane is Stephanie, I am the mother of Scalett, Ricky,and Ashely they are in kindergarden and first grade. My family and I are very happy to be here today sharing all this learning about taking care of the trees day. Scarlett says, thank you for inviting her to street trees action day. Richky says, he is very happy to be here today and that he was very happy he learn how to take care of the trees and to learn how to plant flowers. Ashley said she love flower and that she is happy she learned about planting and take care of them.
ReplyDeleteThank you all at BXC
March,16 2009
I like singing the tree songs.
ReplyDeleteLearned how to care for trees and how they can grow. Keep it clean and pick up the garbage. Give it water and rake the dirt to let the tree grow.
My favorite part of saving trees day was planting flowers, making saving a tree sign. Learning how to care for tree in my neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteEkim says: she liked to be here today. It was very fun to plant folwers.
ReplyDeleteEmek says: she liked to plant tree and share with her family.
I loved the planting of the flowers, i showed my mom how to plant the tree and take care of them in front of the school. I had a great time planting and creating the signs!!
ReplyDeleteI showed my mom how to take care of the tree and i plant flowers. My favorite part was when we were singing we come from the mountains. I also showed my mom how to use the tools.
ReplyDeleteIs great for us to see how our kids learn how to take care the trees, to take care the nature, this is awesome,in my case i feel very nice to see my daugther planting and helping to care the New York city street trees, good job BxC community charter school.
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