Coastal Cleanup (8:30 am) Let’s take action together! Parents and students meet in the Earhart parking lot. All equipment needed will be provided. Spring Garden Party (9:30 am – 11 am) We will culminate our Eart Week activities by making our school gardens beautiful and ready to host helpful pollinators. Families are invited to join us and participate in planting, seeding, weeding, and much more. We will have snacks and a GARDEN SCAVENGER HUNT!
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Reducing your Carbon Footprint and Tackling Plastic Pollution (8:45 am in the MPR) Presentation by Go Green PTA Committee Chair Idania Zamora, a climate scientist from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Earth Day Music Concert (1:20 pm – Dismissal) Parents are invited to watch the concert in the yard. Please remind your students to wear and bring sun protection for the concert (e.g., hats, sunglasses, sunblock) and avoid heavy or dark-colored clothes to avoid overheating.
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Have you seen our exciting new neighbors here on Bay Farm? The bald eagles! Your children will learn about the ecology of bald eagles and the threats they face from climate change through a video recorded by our Go Green PTA team member Christine Gehrig Downie, an environmental scientist from Berkeley.
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Bread Tag Recycling Event (through May 12) Please collect your bread tags starting today! Bread tags will be donated to the non-profit organization Danielle Care for Chairs, which uses the revenue from recycling bread tags to purchase mobility products, like wheelchairs for those in need. See the flyer for more details. Celebrate Earth Week with Garden Club 1:50 pm – 2:50 pm by the science building Help us create compost for the school garden and learn how to plant food scraps. See the flyer for materials to collect by grade level.
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Walk & Roll to School (AM) Beginning today, families are encouraged to walk and roll to school! There is no better way to celebrate our earth, health, and school spirit than by walking and rolling to school alongside each other. No Idling Pick-Up Zone (PM) Turn off your engine while waiting to pick up your children or when parked for more than 10 seconds. Idling vehicles contribute to air pollution and emit air toxins, which are pollutants known or suspected to cause cancer or other serious health effects.
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The School Board met on March 14 and approved Consent Calendar Item # E.6, the ELO-P contract for expanded onsite after-school care (read more here from the 3.10 Advocacy Update). A representative from Girls Inc, who runs AIK onsite at Earhart, did speak during public comment to thank the District for confirming school sites will work with existing providers to provide space for multiple after-school care programs. An important note for the future on Item F.3 (Approval of Second Interim Financial Report) was discussed concerning the sun setting of Measure B1. See the screenshot from the slide deck below projecting a District-wide budget deficit in FY25-26 …
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The next AUSD Board meeting will be held Tuesday, March 14, beginning at 6:30 pm. The meeting agenda, participation instructions, and other info can be found here. Note Item #E.6 (consent calendar) awards RFP No. 023-049-01 Expanded Learning Opportunities Program to Right at School for district subsidized afterschool programming at nine school sites, including Earhart, for a one-year period with district options to renew for two additional one-year terms. Background You may have heard that during the Feb 28 Board meeting (agenda and video here; Item #F.1) the District presented an update on a state-mandated expansion of afterschool care programming. The Expanded Learning Opportunity Program (ELO-P) required AUSD …
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