Partners in Education - the United States Coast Guard
Along with Quander students and staff, Coast Guard volunteers spent the day busily mowing, weeding, and turning beds in preparation for fall planting.
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September 21, 2018
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Through the Partners In Education program, the United States Coast Guard continues to be instrumental in the development and growth of Quander's living classroom. Along with Quander students and staff, Coast Guard volunteers spent the day busily mowing, weeding, and turning beds in preparation for fall planting. For more on the Quander Road Garden please read the Quander Road School, Coast Guard Partner to Maintain Outdoor Learning Space piece on the Fairfax County Public Schools News & Events page!
Everyone pitches in to move picnic benches in the garden.
There is still some color in our native meadow field bordering the garden.
Student Johnathan Salgado moves clippings to the compost.
Students prepare for fall planting by weeding beds.
It may look like a lost cause but together students, staff and the Coast Guard get the job done!
Teacher Brooke LaPorta holds a five-lined skink for student Ser Smith to observe.
To Ser Smith's relief, student Brendan Dietz happily confirms the skink is not a juvenile T-Rex.
Ser Smith works to clear a corner of the garden.
Student Kiernan Gillen works to clear a planting bed full of grasses.
ESOL teacher Laura Chadwell and student Jaiden Miles wrestle a tomato cage free of the weeds.
Student Branch Vokes has more for the composting pile.
Student Elyas Achbezef puts the finishing touches on a freshly weeded bed by turning the soil.
It's about community. Student De'Asia Johnson and Coast Guard Volunteer take a moment from the hard work.
