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Mullen Hall ask. In search of throw carpets to lay down for certain classes to discourage grass picking and for comfort. If you have any available, please comment or send us a message and we can get you connected with the teacher searching for them. 
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The Outdoor Learning Committee is happy to receive voluntary feedback regarding your child's outdoor learning experience this year. This form is for parents and students in the Falmouth Public Schools only. This information is being collected in compliance with our grant funding, the project's impact with COVID, as well as academic and mental health impacts. Please share with us your child's experience with outdoor time at school. We ask that you submit once a week for each child you have. This survey is anonymous, but we do ask for grade and school information to ensure we are getting equitable data. We may share general information in trends from this survey with school administration however no private or identifiable information will be shared. This survey is in no way being given by the Falmouth Public Schools. Thank you for your support and feedback!
https://forms.gle/Kf1qkpr4PrGoSdEq6 Thank you so much to the Teaticket Elementary Outdoor Classroom Tent Install and Table Assembly volunteers for their outstanding work today! Pur volunteers from Rotary Club of Falmouth Cape Cod, the Falmouth Public Schools - Massachusetts facilities team, Principal Sandy, parents and students made quick work of the 2nd out door classroom setup! We need lots of help Wednesday from 4 to 6 to put up the 2nd Morse Pond Outdoor Classroom Tent Install! Thank you to everyone for helping and continuing to help thru volunteering, donations and more!   Thank you to all the volunteers that came out this morning to help setup the outdoor classroom at Mullen-Hall School! Volunteers from Rotary Club of Falmouth Cape Cod, teachers, parents and facilities teams from various schools all came out! Special thanks to Pie in in Sky Bakery for donating coffee and pastries! Saturday Sept 18 we will be at Teaticket Elementary Outdoor Classroom Tent Install and Table Assembly and we need lots of volunteers. If you would like to help with this or the remaining installs (Morse, East and Lawrence) please let us know!  We would love for our community to nominate ALL 7 of our schools for the "Your School Rules" Boston 25 News contest! Share about a school program we are all proud of: our outdoor learning project or even other reasons!
Boston 25 will be selecting 2 elementary, middle and high schools as finalists across the state. An online community vote will then take place for each category with each category winner receiving $5,000! Help highlight our district! https://www.boston25news.com/MySchoolRules/ In collaboration with the Outdoor Learning Committee, The Office of Teaching & Learning is excited to announce a new professional learning opportunity. This experience begins with two sessions from Green Schoolyards America that will be offered virtually and synchronously (with an archived recording to be made available after each session). Then, you have a chance to apply your learning with students. In order to earn PDPs, you will need to do the following to demonstrate completion of the professional learning opportunity: Register View the two sessions Create an outdoor learning lesson Teach your lesson on your school’s campus Share evidence -- You can either submit student work or photos of the lesson. Please visit SmartPD to register. You will find both of the opportunities under the category of "other." We look forward to you joining us on this adventure!   North Falmouth Elementary School students enjoying ice cream under one of the Outdoor Learning Committee tents. A message from our committee Happy 1st Day of School! As students return, we're excited to say that Outdoor Learning will be in full-swing at all of Falmouth's public schools. Thanks to generous donors, hard-working volunteers, and the incredible staff and teachers of Falmouth, our students will have a great start to the year. Even more exciting, we are excited to welcome Dr. Sarah Vendetti, the new district Learning Partner Specialist, to the Falmouth Public Schools. There's still uncertainly of course, which is why we're gearing up to assist teachers and students with the tools and learning supplies necessary to support Outdoor Learning. Please visit school's various Amazon Wish lists to show support: Lawrence School Morse Pond North Falmouth East Falmouth Mullen Hall We are also currently seeking tree stumps for seating as well as yoga mats for the majority of the schools. Email us if you can help! We started last year off with a clear goal in mind: raise enough money to get each Falmouth public school its own Outdoor Learning Tent. We are thrilled to say we did just that. Six of the seven schools have received their tents and thanks to incredible volunteers, they were all installed beautifully. The last tent is here and it will be installed at Mullen-Hall Elementary this month. We now have a second set of tents that we're ready to install. The down-payment has been made for those WeatherPort tents, but we still need help paying for the rest. If you would like to make a donation please do so via the Rotary Club of Falmouth Cape Cod, a 501c3 organization via check or on their website. Other ways to donate: For those interested in donating monetarily to the Outdoor Learning project overall OR for specific school requests you have seen posted we have several ways to do so. All donations must have a note whether on a memo line or in their online memo. (Example below) Venmo Paypal Checks: made out Rotary Club of Falmouth-these we can pickup directly from you or you can mail to PO Box 293 Falmouth MA 02541 Example: If you want to donate to Morse Pond for picnic tables you would write: Outdoor learning-Morse-picnic tables on your memo. If you have ideas or questions, please don't hesitate to reach out. This is a true community effort. Respectfully Your Leadership Team, Amy Leonardi, Liz Lerner, Kelly Blau, Leona Silva, Corinne Minshall, Amy Wyman, Jackie Jepsen, Danielle Sabens, Beth Dusan, Laurel Smith, Sarah Vendetti, Randi Oakley, Melissa Gray, Kate Skehill, Kristina Woods, Paul McCadam & Garth Smelser  Thank You, Supporters! A HUGE THANK YOU to Falmouth Toyota for their very generous donation of $20,000 to the Rotary Club of Falmouth Cape Cod for the benefit of the Falmouth Outdoor Learning Committee! This donation enables us to help purchase the 2nd round of outdoor classroom shelters as well as help fund the 1st round of the QR Curriculum project which will benefit Teaticket Elementary School!  Volunteers Needed We are looking for volunteers for all 7 schools and at least 1 to 2 licensed/ certified contractors and or engineers per site to oversee the build and anchoring of our latest batch of WeatherPort tents. Please send us an email if you're interested in helping: falmouthoutdoorlearning@gmail.com A Look Outdoor Learning in Action...  {Morse Pond School Requests} Below is a link to the list for outdoor learning requests for Morse Pond School. Please email the committee to contact the committee school liaison, Jackie Jepsen at jjepsen18@comcast.net if you purchase or you have questions so we can keep updating this list.
There are over 500 students at Morse Pond School. Link to Morse Pond List For those interested in donating monetarily to the Outdoor Learning project overall OR for specific school requests you have seen posted we have several ways to do so: We can accept donations via any of the following ways below. All donations must have a note whether on a memo line or in their online memo. (Example below) Venmo Paypal Checks: made out Rotary Club of Falmouth-these we can pickup directly from you or you can mail to PO Box 293 Falmouth MA 02541 Example: If you want to donate to Morse Pond for picnic tables you would write: Outdoor learning-Morse-picnic tables on your memo. {North Falmouth Elementary School Requests} North Falmouth is in need of outdoor teaching supplies:
6 - 6 foot wooden picnic tables (approx cost is $150 per table) 6 smaller kid style picnic tables for kinder ((approx cost is $60-70 per table) Comment below or private message us so we can keep it updated as we meet their needs. Let us know if you can help or would like to make a monetary donation towards the committee purchasing the needed items. We can accept donations via PayPal or Venmo as well and restrict it for this need. Contact: Leona Silva As we prepare for a new school year, outdoor learning is stronger than ever! We have the 2nd round of tents which will arrive in the coming weeks as well as are working hard on our curriculum project in partnership with the schools and 300 committee. As we prepare to keep our students and staff safe and promote outdoor education we once again are coming to our community for help with some supplies we need to get going for the year. If you are inclined, we welcome any donations so we can purchase the requested supplies via Rotary Club of Falmouth Cape Cod, a 501c3 volunteer organization. {Lawrence School Request} Lawrence School is in need of outdoor teaching items for the school year including benches, clipboards and seating for students for outdoor learning curriculum.
Let us know if you can help or would like to make a monetary donation towards the committee purchasing the needed items. Comment below or private message us so we can keep it updated as we meet their needs. 75 clipboards 50 camp style chairs for student seating for outdoor spaces 3 benches for students to use at vernal pool 1 large container for storage for the outdoor supplies ideally 25 gallon or bigger. Contact: Kelly White As we prepare for a new school year, outdoor learning is stronger than ever! We have the 2nd round of tents which will arrive in the coming weeks as well as are working hard on our curriculum project in partnership with the schools and 300 committee. As we prepare to keep our students and staff safe and promote outdoor education we once again are coming to our community for help with some supplies we need to get going for the year. If you are inclined, we welcome any donations so we can purchase the requested supplies via Rotary Club of Falmouth Cape Cod, a 501c3 volunteer organization. |
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