If you have questions about

Nature Club or Gardening at

the school, please contact

Mrs. Cardoso at: Vivi-

an.Cardoso@humble.k12.tx.

us or 281.641.2886.

Garden Harvest

Last week’s harvest included lettuce, rad-ishes, spinach, kohlra-bi, cabbage, and herbs. The onions planted in January are doubling their size. The potatoes planted two weeks ago are poking

sprouts up and out of the soil.

planting of the onion crop. The in-class lesson will revolve around the onion

We truly hope every-one had a wonderful holiday break and is ready to tackle school work and work in the garden again. The Growers were not idle during the break. A workday held last Thursday addressed some of the tasks that needed tending. The

beds in the orchard were cleaned up and readied for the

Growers Busy During Holiday

5th Grade Garden

The impending freeze caused us much con-cern. We will find out the severity of the

OAK FOREST ELEMENTARY

6400 KINGWOOD GLEN HUMBLE, TX 77346

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January 9, 2014

Grower’s News Certified Texas

Wildscapes (Wildlife Habi-tat) by the Texas Parks

and Wildlife Department

Schoolyard Habitat by the National Wildlife

Federation

School Yard Habitat by the

Audubon Society

Members of Urban Harvest

Master Gardeners

Mrs. Gudrun Opperman

Ms. Jo Sanders

Master Naturalists

Mr. Damien Carey

Ms. Terri Simmons

Volunteers

Mrs. Vivian Cardoso

Dr. Harry McMullen

Mrs. Caroline Carey

Ms. Margaret Hennessey

Mrs. Teresa Metelits, RN

Ms. LaVern Cutrell

Mrs. Sue Armer

Ms. Maryanne Hefele

Mr. Hal Opperman

Mrs. Miriam Canales

Mrs. Patsy Nelms

Mrs. Betty Vega

Miss Nikki Armer

Mrs. Karen Langridge

Dr. Denton Langridge

damage when we re-turn to school this week. Hopefully our winter crops were not damaged too terribly. However, with the temperatures reach-ing the lows anticipat-ed, we know some things will need to be replanted. Such is the nature of garden-ing.

With our return to school, we will be kicking off our fifth grade tree planting campaign. Your students have been asked to earn three dollars toward this enterprise, for the tree purchase and the attendant expenses of plant-ing it. A tree will appear on the wall

near the fifth grade hallway that will sprout leaves every time a student brings in his/her contribu-tion. There is also a contest in place that will honor the student who writes the best essay about the crea-tive way he or she earned their contribu-tion. Stay tuned…

Planting of Oak Trees

Thanks for the Leaves!

collecting at the fence line every week. They are still being spread in our natural areas to mulch all the trees. The leaves will also be stored to some degree to add

brown matter to our compost piles when that is no longer available later on in the year. Keep them coming!

Many parents and community members heeded the call to drop their leaves and pine needles at the school over break. There have been mountains of them

We need your

disposable

plastic shopping

bags!

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If you have questions about Nature Club, the gardens at Oak Forest, the outdoor classrooms, or OFE Growers, please contact Mrs. Krenek at: Debrah.Krenek@humble.k12.tx.us.

If you are replacing cell phones this sea-son, please donate your old cell/smart phones to the Nature

Club. Even if it does not work, it has a val-ue. Students use the proceeds to buy food for the birds on cam-

pus. Mrs. Krenek has a box in her room where you can bring any donations.

Donate Old Cell Phones