News From FCS

Ms. Ballard and Ms. Hisler have been busy in FCS! The donations from FCS have gone to the Kennett Food Cupboard, which is under the big umbrella of the Chester County Food Bank.  We received a wonderful letter from State Senator Andrew Dinniman.  We recently completed the Green Ribbon School Application with the assistance of a number of staff members and district office and will know the status of that at the end of January. We also completed several more grants and currently appear on the Kitchen Gardeners websitehttp://kgi.org/patton-project-gardens.  We have been an integral part of Longwood's Teacher Institute for Garden Based Learning each summer while our Adopt-A-Bed program continues to grow with the help and support of families and staff from around the district. This program will now expand to include the two 30 foot high tunnels, which are growing fast and furiously right off of the access road. We are well on our way to becoming a Project Learning Tree partner. Next up, the King Arthur Flour Company will be presenting assemblies to the 6th and 7th graders to teach them the history, math, and science behind bread baking while learning a lifelong skill. They are to share this with their families and return one loaf the following Monday. Three years ago we received 200 loaves that were donated. This year, the recipient will be the homeless shelter in West Chester and will kick off our season of giving back even more to the community. Our club and Patton Project classes continue to make pillowcases and quilts for sick children at AI DuPont, which are delivered with cards by a district parent who is also a pulmonary doctor who has treated several of our students. We have also just been cleared to begin donations of fresh greens to our own cafeteria. Finally, we are being interviewed by a national agency to possibly appear in a national spot about those who love to grow!!!  We are very grateful for all of the incredible support offered by everyone!