Monday, January 30, 2012

Ararat Charter School Goes Green with TreePeople & Armenia Tree Project

On Saturday, Dec. 10, students and families from the Ararat Charter School joined forces withTreePeople and Armenia Tree Project to “green” the ACS campus. The event was the beginning of the Ararat Charter School’s partnership in ATP’s Building Bridges environmental education program.

Students getting ready to plant with their first grade teacher

Friends, families, students, and staff assembled at 9 am to assist with the planting of 23 trees on the ACS2-Erwin campus. After a brief training conducted by Tree People and a gathering of all individuals hand in hand, everyone recited: “People need trees, trees need people.”

Families then quickly scurried to get their gloves, shovels, and water buckets. The ground was quite hard but their determination was stronger and boys, girls, moms, dads, grandmas, and grandpas used their might to break through the soil in order to plant a tree. “It was the best feeling planting a tree,” stated one student. “I loved playing with the dirt!” a first grader exclaimed.

The adults were also gaining satisfaction from this activity, knowing that planting trees benefits the environment and beautifies their campus, and more importantly stresses to their children the importance of taking care of the environment so that it can take care of them.

Click here to read the rest of the story on Asbarez.com about why the Ararat Charter School decided to partner with ATP. If you’re interested in participating in ATP’s Building Bridges program in 2012, contact Sarah Hayes at sarah@armeniatree.org.