We culminated our Earth System unit with a tree planting ceremony on Wednesday, June 7th. With funds provided by a grant from NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the efforts of the Cottage Lane custodians, Rob Smith and Greg Galli, four trees were planted in the “outdoor classroom” space which was recently installed with PTA funds. Now, the trees will provide much needed shade for the patio and picnic tables and benches which are to be installed. In addition, the trees will reduce the carbon dioxide in our local air for years to come.

Students welcomed everyone to the tree dedication ceremony and described the work and projects we had completed throughout the year to arrive at that special day. Of course, the students shared reasons why we decided to plant the trees with the reduction in carbon dioxide being paramount. Following the dedication ceremony, we celebrated the end of the year with a western-themed picnic lunch and old fashioned games. Nothing like the great outdoors for building memories to last a lifetime!

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Please click here to take the Post Climate Assessment.

It is time to get those creative juices going again! Mrs. McBride is offering another opportunity for you to put your skills to work. Find out more details for this month’s challenge here – Remembering Memorial Day.

Ms. O’Brien’s and Mr. Krump’s classes took a field trip to Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, NY. During this field trip we learned about volcanoes from Professor Marc Spiegleman (Ms. O’Brien’s husband), earthquakes and tsunamis from Professor Felix Waldhauser and artic boreal ecology from Professor Natalie Boelman. We also went to the Tree Ring Lab and learned about coring trees to see how they age and to gather evidence of past climate. Finally, we went to the Mud Core Lab and learned about mud cores samples of very old mud from all over the world – especially from ocean floors. As a bonus, we got a piece of a tree core sample and a piece of a 110 million year old mud. We sure had fun while learning about the Earth System and the science performed at Lamont Doherty!

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Keep up-do-date on the Robin Migration Project.

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2017/04/27/a-flurry-of-activity/

Ruthie’s 3rd Blog Post

Flurry of Activity

It is time to get those creative juices going again! Mrs. McBride is offering another opportunity to put your skills to work. Find out more details for this month’s challenge here – The 5-7-5 Challenge.

“Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they’re alive and human.” ~ Albert Ellis

• Acceptance is the willingness to embrace feelings, habits, or beliefs that are different from your own.
• Acceptance is the ability to experience or survive something unpleasant.
• Acceptance is the willingness to tolerate a difficult or unpleasant situation.
• We all have the human need and right to be accepted.

How will you show acceptance? What can you do to help others find their wings? Remember you also need to accept yourself for your own unique qualities, I Have a Voice.

March Book madness or MBM is for fun. MBM is about reading books, rereading books, talking about books and trying to decide how one great book can possibly be better than another great book.

Everyone at Cottage Lane is welcome to participate. Visit Mrs. McBride’s website for more details and links – Mrs. McBride’s March Book Madness Bracket 2017.

It is time to get those creative juices going again! Mrs. McBride is offering another opportunity to put your skills to work. Find out more details for this month’s challenge here – The Tube Challenge