Period 6/7 Update 5/27

Here's the architectural drawing of the final look!

La Tee Shirt (http://latee-shirt.com/) was very supportive of Alex P, Brooke, and Monica when they stopped by to ask about shirts, and they offered to give big discounts off some shirts for the students to wear. I'm excited to see which design is picked as the favorite from the Facebook group

Noodles and Co has expressed interest in supporting our hard workers with some food and/or drinks. They've always been such a huge supporter of the students at WL in the past, I hope we hear from them soon.

Alison sent a message to Abby with Ballston Patch to let them know about the excitement here. Miss Utility put Monica on hold a few times, and Brendan is still waiting on how to get the vegetation we removed picked up and chipped into mulch or compost. I bet we can fix these early next week. Casha, Casey, Abby, and William picked for more plants to use in the final design, while Nina and Monica tracked down some equipment to attempt a timelapse photography event of this process.

Have a great weekend!

Mr Cooke

4/5th update 5/27

Today was less humid, and we pulled out 1 more shrub, and planted and watered 2. Mona shot lots of footage, and posted today on the facebook page. Finalize our votes for shirt tonight! Jack made it possible for everyone to post on this account too. This weekend, we'll try to get some food and other goods donated, and Bazargur will share his proposal with me to post at www.donorschoose.org.  Great job!
Mr Cooke

Further Work on Day 1

Thursday 5/26, 6/7th Period:
Today was a huge day - looking at the plans, we removed 6 shrubs, and
replanted one by the front door. Brooke worked so hard, she broke a
heavy duty shovel in removing a shrub. Abby and Pop solved the
refreshments problem by getting cool water for everyone. William and
Karen posted some great initial designs (http://tinyurl.com/3lpcyea).
So much more - but we can share that later.

Students selected 4 plants which should work well in this shady, dry area:
Casha selected - Gerardia virginica. Brendan - Dwarf Crested Iris -
(cristata). Casey - Montrose Tricolor - (Phlox divaricata). William -
New Guinea Impatiens - (Sonic Pink)

"I want to say I'm not surprised how much all of the 2012 students have accomplished in only
2 days, but I'm still impressed!"
-Mr. Cooke"

First day at work

5/26/11 Period 4/5
First day of work began. Mr. Miller's class began measuring the site and recording calculations on the area for the stream bed. Mr. Cooke's class began weeding and digging out plants that were dead and/or dying. The debris was placed next to where it was removed. Anne and Annie determined how many different types of plants that will be used. The total count was 6 different plant types.

Forward Progress

5/25/2011: Classwork begins on IB Environmental Systems Class project.
Planning begins:
Contacts:

• Mr. Cooke (teacher)

• Mr. Miller (teacher)

Facebook page for the Washington-Lees-Class-of-2012-Water-Conservation-Fountain-Construction