2010 is a year with much to celebrate at Greenfield School.  Earth Day is 40 years old!  And soon Greenfield School will be celebrating the same momentous anniversary.

On Earth Day, April 22, 2010, a full day of environmental activities for the students provided plenty of opportunities to enjoy the new gardens and our riverside proximity, plus learning opportunities about solar energy, food producing plants, storm drainage and water quality monitoring.

Phil Forsyth and a team of volunteers from the Philadelphia Orchard Project lead seventh graders in planting strawberries and asparagus in our agricultural garden, Garth Connor showed the students the EPA's interactive materials about the natural water cycle, and Ron Harvey and Denise McKeon lead sixth grade students in marking our surrounding storm drains to alert people not to pollute.  Ms. Karen from the Rittenhouse Free Library came for an Earth Day Story Hour with the first graders.

Seven classes took walking field trips to the Schuylkill River Park - the Chestnut Street ramp to the park is only a block from the school. Volunteers from CH2MHILL provided kits and helped fourth and fifth grade students to test the water quality of the Schuylkill River. The kindergartners had a fabulous time picnicking along side the River. The day was capped with the very popular Greening Greenfield Silent Auction and Social.

September 2010 will mark the 40^th Anniversary of the opening of the Albert M. Greenfield School.  News of a number of incredible early birthday gifts has the school community abuzz with excitement for the celebration. Grants from the PA DEP and from HeadCount through a Disco Biscuit Benefit Concert will be helping to fund this summer's Phase II of construction.  Hooray!