Our night at the Parkway "Meet and Greet."

As parents and students entered the front entrance to the building during the August 13th 'Meet and Greet Your Teacher' event, they also had an opportunity to learn more about the Lettuce Learn school gardens and SunCatcher greenhouse at Parkway School.  Garden coordinator, Shannon Carroll, and CTE teacher, Richard Tidyman combined their efforts to set up a display to help parents and students learn more about the school gardening and learning opportunities Parkway students will have during the 2015-16 school year.  The display included images showing students involved in the construction of some of the garden beds, classroom activities using produce from the gardens, the sale of plants from the SunCatcher last spring and many more examples of how school gardens can provide a wonderful learning environment for students.  A few students and parents even tasted delicious, sweet tomatoes from the school garden.  They were also able to check out the Lettuce Learn website, learn about ways they could support Lettuce Learn and sign up to receive updates on volunteer opportunities to help improve the school garden resources available to students and teachers. A bouquet of beautiful sunflowers grown from seeds planted by students last spring and now in full bloom out in front of the school brightened the display too! Based on the enthusiasm of the students and parents who took time to learn more about Lettuce Learn at Parkway and signed up to be informed about ways they can help, it looks like we are off to a great start continuing to GROW and LEARN at Parkway for the new school year!