On Friday morning, 2nd Grade-students from Kim's classroom planted nearly 200 bulbs as part of this year's tulip garden project. Earlier in October, both Carol and Kim's students gleefully harvested last year's tulip bulbs. The students learned that these bulbs had produced as many as eleven sets (small bulbs) during their one or two years of growth.  Prior to this year's planting, each student drew a garden design to scale using the colors pink, purple and red, representing the tulips generously donated by Crownhill Grocery Outlet Bargain Market.  A big thank you to Volunteers Cory, Liila and Otto, who  helped dig holes while students planted bulbs...roots down. 

During the first quarter of their American Dream exploratory, students dive into the world of architectural design, before getting a chance to design and create a 3-D model of their own ideal space. The impressive finished models are on display in library right now, so stop by and look at what the architects of tomorrow are designing today.  

As the kids move forward in the second half of the semester, they will join together to form design firms. Some of these firms will create spaces for demanding clients, while others will partner with students in Ari's Social Justice and Activism exploratory to employ architecture in the fight to address the issue of homelessness.