The Art of Knowing
Sustainability. It is something that is always evolving. It is something that requires effort. That's why over the past few weeks...
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emily29939
Sep 22, 20232 min read
Sustainability at a Glance
I recently came across a quote from Jane Goodall. "You cannot get through a day without having an impact on the world around you." As I...
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Paula Gross
Jun 7, 20231 min read
Sweet Sorrow
It's that part of a cycle - an ending to what has been. And the anticipation of what sweetness is yet before us, in the next turn of the...
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Paula Gross
May 12, 20232 min read
Market-ing, 5/12
It's been a wonderful market season - I hope all of you have been out at least once to the Davidson Farmers Market to interact with our...
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Paula Gross
Apr 2, 20231 min read
Dogwood Days 4/2
Spring brings so much growth and energy - we can feel it coursing through us and all around. And yet, it's the little details - the...
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shannon7481
Mar 13, 20231 min read
Grow and Share - Upper El
Last week, Upper El walked to the Ada Jenkins Center in Davidson to deliver our school-grown kale. The kale was grown in the dome using...
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Paula Gross
Feb 15, 20231 min read
Sustainability, 2/15
"I've got work to do." This spirit of this refrain from one of my favorite "Ms. Kathleen" songs rises up joyfully in your children when...
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Paula Gross
Feb 5, 20232 min read
Stirrings, 2/5
Can you feel the stirrings of spring? This week, even through the chill of February air, we heard and saw signs of a shift. The...
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Paula Gross
Jan 13, 20231 min read
Global Goals and Food Webs (1/13)
Middle Schoolers are starting off the second semester of Sustainability by broadening their lens to the Global level. In 2015, the United...
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Paula Gross
Dec 16, 20221 min read
Welcoming Winter (12/16)
It has felt like a time of wrapping up the last two weeks. Wrapping up projects, ourselves in more layers, and the calendar year. As we...
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Paula Gross
Dec 4, 20222 min read
Sustainability Report (12/4)
Kindergarteners completed their plant models to reflect their interpretation of the six plant parts we’ve been learning about. This was a...
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Paula Gross
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Sustainability, Nov. 18
Plants, animals, markets, weather, community, dreams, hard work, and biodiversity. All characters in the documentary that UE watched last...
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Paula Gross
Nov 7, 20222 min read
The Wheel is Turning (Sustainability, 11/7)
What a glorious and busy October its been, sweeping us into November! We've been treated to an amazing display of fall color this season...
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Paula Gross
Oct 9, 20221 min read
Sustainability 10/9
How can we trust the harvest, unless we see it sown? - Mary Renault Between different classes, we've done a little sowing, a little...
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Paula Gross
Sep 24, 20221 min read
Autumn Activity (Sustainability 9/24)
Candle-crafting with Ms. Kathleen What better way to mark the Fall Equinox than with a practical and historical winter-prep activity? Our...
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Paula Gross
Sep 18, 20222 min read
Circling back (Sustainability, 9/18)
This week in Sustainability we built upon the animal care lessons and farm work that began last week and added in the start of...
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Paula Gross
Sep 11, 20221 min read
It's ALL connected (Sustainability, 9/10)
We continued our reorientation to the DGS farm and natural community this week, and discovered that we are, indeed, a complex web of...
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Paula Gross
Sep 5, 20222 min read
Down in the cabin, in the woods, in the shade... (Sustainability)
The cabin, well-used for the first 10 years of DGS awesomeness, has shifted from classroom to office and back several times over. It is...
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