Earth Day celebrated at Father Marquette
Iris Katers, a volunteer at Father Marquette Catholic Academy, works with the fifth grade class on the topic of gardening. (Photo courtesy of FMCA)
Flowers grow at Father Marquette Catholic Academy. Students in the middle school have already started their spring vegetable garden by planting their seeds for the raised garden beds. (Photos courtesy of FMCA)
Plants grow at Father Marquette Catholic Academy. Students in the middle school have already started their spring vegetable garden by planting their seeds for the raised garden beds. (Photos courtesy of FMCA)
Plants grow at Father Marquette Catholic Academy. Students in the middle school have already started their spring vegetable garden by planting their seeds for the raised garden beds. (Photos courtesy of FMCA)
Plants grow at Father Marquette Catholic Academy. Students in the middle school have already started their spring vegetable garden by planting their seeds for the raised garden beds. (Photos courtesy of FMCA)
Iris Katers, a volunteer at Father Marquette Catholic Academy, works with the fifth grade class on the topic of gardening. (Photo courtesy of FMCA)
Flowers grow at Father Marquette Catholic Academy. Students in the middle school have already started their spring vegetable garden by planting their seeds for the raised garden beds. (Photos courtesy of FMCA)
Plants grow at Father Marquette Catholic Academy. Students in the middle school have already started their spring vegetable garden by planting their seeds for the raised garden beds. (Photos courtesy of FMCA)
Plants grow at Father Marquette Catholic Academy. Students in the middle school have already started their spring vegetable garden by planting their seeds for the raised garden beds. (Photos courtesy of FMCA)
Plants grow at Father Marquette Catholic Academy. Students in the middle school have already started their spring vegetable garden by planting their seeds for the raised garden beds. (Photos courtesy of FMCA)
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MARQUETTE -- Every spring, we celebrate Earth Day. Pope Francis encourages students to "Laudato Si": take care of our common home. Although students do this year around, we do special activities during Earth Week and Sustainability Week.
Father Marquette students were to fill out Sustainability Question Chart: Do I turn off the water while I brush my teeth? Do I turn off lights and technology when I leave a room? Do I take reusable grocery bags when I help with shopping? Do I take short showers? Do I use recycled paper and plastic bins? Do I pick up the garbage and never throw paper on the ground, and more. Students will record these small, but important, ways to be aware and help, and of course, celebrate Earth Day.
Besides keeping track of ways to "Laudato Si," taking care of our common home, students will be doing a variety of special activities: planting wildflowers, making bird feeders, planting a tree with the help of the Marquette City Arborist, Dan Carter, recycling classroom paper, planting raised vegetable beds, planting milkweed, planting the Holy Rosary Garden, and propagating spider plants they will get to take home to add oxygen to their bedrooms.
Students in the middle school have already started their spring vegetable garden by planting their seeds for the raised garden beds. This year, we have seven raised beds for students, thanks to a partnership with MSU Extension. If you stop by FMCA, our spring flowers are already popping up.