On the morning of April 28, Community students met with their forums instead of going to class as usual. They were to leave the school and head to their assigned destinations around the city. The plan was to give back; to help the environment and clean up the community. So for three hours, rather than having each class for a short 30 minutes as they would have on this abnormal half-day, students and staff removed invasive plant species, created safe living environments for animals, and picked up litter.
Park Assignments:
- Coron and Tuzinsky – Argo Park
- Evashevski and Mosher – Miller Nature Park
- Kulka and Simmer – Fuller Park
- McGraw and Levin – Black Pond Woods
- Rosewarne and Flores – Bird Hills
- Stapleton and El-Husseiny – Bluffs Park
- Thomas – Leslie Science Center
School Assignments:
- DeWoskin – Slauson Middle School
- Grace – Dicken Elementary
- Haidu-Banks – Wines Elementary
- Johnson – Allen Elememtary
- Miller – Ann Arbor Open
- Walker – Bach Elementary
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- Students are happy to remove old tree stumps to make room for birds to build their homes. (Photo courtesy of Austin Hughes)
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- Some of the stronger students move tree branches. (Photo courtesy of Austin Hughes)
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- The Thomas forum gathers to take a break from their hard labor. (Photo courtesy of Austin Hughes)
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- Two students from the Thomas forum pull weeds. (Photo courtesy of Austin Hughes)
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- A student and supervisor work together to pull Garlic Mustard and Dame’s Rocket.
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- Over a dozen bright orange bags are filled with the removed plants.
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- An instructor shows the group which invasive species to look for.
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- Students from the Evashevski forum pull invasive species in Miller Nature Park.
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