Hi Friends!
As many of you many have already seen our edible garden has had new planting recently and we are reminded that at this time of new beginnings we REALLY need to name this wonderful gem of a space! We have asked parents already involved with the garden for ideas, but we haven't come up with anything that really resonates just yet, so we thought we would reach out to our students to see what they come up with...after all this is their garden!
That said we will be hosting a naming contest over the next two weeks...students are encouraged to take a minute and think about what they would like to call the garden. Imagine the name on a poster or maybe even a t-shirt....and if students get stuck, then here are a few questions to try and answer that might help them:
What do you think of when someone mentions the garden?
What has been your favorite activity in the garden? Maybe digging, planting or even eating? Can you use that activity to create a name?
If the garden were a book or a video game, then what would it be called?
Students will receive a contest entry form this week during class which will be collected by teachers this Friday. The winning name will be selected by the Friends of Gardnerville board along with Principal Rosner and announced after students return from the Thanksgiving holiday.
As an added bonus we have a parent at school who is a blacksmith and who has agreed to make a sign for the garden so the winning name will be memorialized for all to see!
We look forward to seeing what creative names our students come up with!
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