Sorry it has taken me so long to get up and running again. Had some technical issues. We are excited about the start of a new school year and more ways to eat healthy!
We are so excited about our new arbor that our fifth graders from last year helped purchase. A special thank you to Allison and Brad Sumerel, Kim and Brian Plexico and John Turner. They spent hours during this past July, constructing the arbor and securing in the ground. We are so grateful for our parents, teachers, and wonderful grandparent support.
Clemson extension brought us some grape vines from a vineyard in the upstate. We hope it will take root and grow along our arbor. It will be wonderful if we can grow some grapes for our students' snacks!
We have started our new Youth Advisory Council on Nutrition/4H Club this year with some old as well as new faces. Our committee consists of Keondre Shippy, Will Owings, Zach Wheeler, Alana Turner, Sage Skelton, Courtney Pack, Matthew Montgomery, Thomas Wilson, Katie Cecil, Cameron Alley, Emma Horton, Maddie West, Anna Groce, Mackenzie Morris, and Jacob Davis. Cameron Alley was elected President, Maddie West Vice President, and Courtney Pack, Secretary. This group has the awesome task of being healthy role models for their peers. They will encourage their classmates to make healthy eating choices and serve as the core group for our garden sites. I think this group will be very proactive.
On Monday, October 18th, our YAC/4 H group planted the 50 strawberry plants we received from Clemson Extension. This group calculated the diameter of the garden and further used their math skills to plot the distance between each plant to be planted. They further learned the parts of the strawberry plants and how deep to plant them. They will continue to care for the strawberry plants until spring and share their information with their classmates.
