The Green Team at Twain Elementary

*FROGTASTIC FRIDAY TOMORROW!*
NO BOTTLES AND CANS COLLECTION THIS MONTH

GREEN TEAM MEETING TOMORROW!
1:40-2:30PM
Location: Auditorium & Garden

JANUARY GREEN TEAM MEETINGS:
• Garden Focus meeting for this Thursday 1/9 has been *CANCELLED*
• Garden Focus + ALL Green Team Meeting will be combined and held on Thursday, 1/30
JANUARY CALENDAR COMING SOON

LAST GREEN TEAM MEETING OF THE YEAR TOMORROW! 1:40-2:30PM

Hey, Green Team! Check this out! 🤩

Did you know Americans throw away 25% more trash during the Holiday season than any other time of year? 🧐
Check out these easy waste reduction tips to reduce waste this season ⬇️ 🎁♻️

Green Team members had tons of fun at our “garden focus” meeting today!

Members were able to put together their own plant pal and take them home to watch the “hair” grow! Members can measure the hair (grass), trim it, or even make fun ponytails like the ones in the picture!

Send us an updated picture of your student’s plant pal when the hair starts growing ☺️ Please send pictures to: [email protected]

*ALL Green Team Meeting is next Thursday, December 19th!*

GARDEN MEETING TODAY! Green Team will be meeting on the lower grade lunch benches from 1:40-2:30PM. Students will be dismissed to the playground at the end of the meeting 😁

GREEN TEAM MEETING TOMORROW! ♻

NOVEMBER MEETING TOMORROW! ⭐️

Please have your Green Team member bring in an old shirt that can be used for our reusable craft! Mom and dad’s shirts work best! If you have any extras lying around, feel free to send those in as well for kids that might’ve forgotten to bring a shirt.

❇️ See everyone tomorrow! ❇️

GREEN TEAM MEETING TOMORROW! ♻

At Long Beach schools’ first Green Summit, students step up for sustainability

Some of our Green Team members made it into the Press Telegram’s article on the LBUSD Green Summit! 🤩

At Long Beach schools’ first Green Summit, students step up for sustainability The event came together in the months after a group of green-minded students attended the LBUSD board meeting on March 27, and urged the board’s members to create a sustainability plan for Lo…

Representing for Twain at the LBUSD Green Summit this morning! ♻️🤩💚

Twain’s Green Team practices being kind to our planet, every single day! 🌱

Be kind to the Earth and all of it’s living beings ❤️

Our kinder Green Team members loved helping their friends recycle during lunch time! ☺️

Parents: don’t forget to check your email for the November lunch shift calendar and let your child know when their shift is ♻️

Welcome to the 2019 Green Team! 💚

The Green Team lunch shift calendar for the month of November has been sent out! If you didn't receive it, please message us here or email [email protected]. There have been a few invalid emails that came back as undelivered.

It's not too late to join the Green Team! We accept new members all year long, but don't wait to join in on the fun! 😉

Welcome to the 2019 Green Team! 💚

IT’S FROGTASTIC FRIDAY TOMORROW! ✨

Bring your bottles and cans to school and recycle with the Green Team! Write your name and teacher on a piece of scratch paper and leave it inside your bag of bottles and cans!

The Green Team leaders will be on campus in the morning to point you in the right direction!

Let’s keep the Earth beautiful and earn some money back for Green Team activities! 💚

FIRST GREEN TEAM MEETING IS TOMORROW! 💚

Green Team is meeting in the auditorium after dismissal from 1:40PM - 2:30PM.

Students will be released to the playground for pick up no later than 2:40PM.

For any questions or concerns, email [email protected]

Twain Garden’s first harvest of the 2019-2020 school year! Looking forward to seeing what else grows in our garden 🥰

🥬 🌻 🌶 🌷 🥦 🍅 🌿 🥒

Our garden is in need of some love and care — we will need some help taking care of our garden this school year! 💚

If you have a green thumb or a passion for gardening, please message us here or email us at [email protected]

Mark Twain PTA Green Team
Clean Up The Garden Day March 7th. Everyone seemed to enjoy working in garden, especially those kids not on GT or whose teachers don’t come to garden. Think we could benefit from and enjoy more of these kinds of activities at Twain.

Green Team Store in the auditorium. Shopping with the “Stars” they earned doing lunch shift and bringing in bottles and cans.

Plastic plastic everywhere and not Jellyfish to eat!

Mrs. Rirays class harvesting and eating at the garden. Bok Choy for Riray!

Green Team meeting Dec. 13th
We covered the idea of not focusing on recycling but rather reducing what plastics are purchased. Went over the resin Classification of plastics 1-7 and what are the worst to avoid and the idea of giving up straws as a simple step.
Lastly we went over what can go in your recycle container at home.
Then in the library for a reuse craft project.
Thank you to all the kids who came and parents who helped!

The Green Team at Twain Elementary updated their business hours.

The Green Team at Twain Elementary updated their business hours.

Mrs. Desmond’s class working on a new raised garden bed. The girls doing the measuring and marking were so good I had to stop them before they went too far on the next bed that Mrs. Colburn’s class will build.

Dear Twain Green Team and all of Mark Twain Elementary
Bottles and Cans collection this Friday 7:40- 8:10am at the student drop off areas on lower and upper sides. Bring your plastic and aluminum cans for recycling to help support the environment and the Green Team.
Thank You
A

Dear Friends of the garden. It is With joy and pleasure looking back and Forward that I can say this is the last year that I will do Green Team and the Garden. Many people have helped to make these things what they are but often I have been given credit.
The garden I have enjoyed the most. So I First would like to make the case "Why a garden?" First, a lack of open spaces, parks and people raising their own food creates a difficulty in us finding a connection to the natural world around us. Should we not wish to move beyond the plastic and steel play structures and re-imagine a school play area? Should we not imagine returning to the great ocean of life from which we came, in any metophorical sense one can imagine. Our connection to our environment is what gives us our sense of place and community.
Secondly the garden allows for an experiential, interdisciplinary approach to our growth as beings. When one can learn many disciplines within one true experience there is growth that is difficult to measure, but by all studies experiences with the natural world show up in academic performance.
Thirdly I am looking for my replacement. You didn't know who you were but will after trying. No knowledge is necessary, but of course is helpful. I knew very little coming in to this. I am looking for someone to ghost me for the year and take over next. It will be more than I ever recieved for Garden, Green Team, or Parliementarian. This is a chance to get ahead and pass on knowledge and experience that could be of benefit long term.
Thank you to many who have helped and taught and encouraged me throughout this time. The great thing about this PTA is they have always given me the feeling of "We are in this together" and I have always tried to return that with helping others.

Sincerely
Aaron

Hi everyone. Garden is looking for a soil donation. If anyone has any good Lakewood/ North Long Beach soil they need to get rid of we would love to pick it up! Thanks
Aaron

https://www.facebook.com/276199269161937/posts/1804052996376549/

BREAKING NEWS! Joining Twain’s PTA is now as easy as a tap of a button 😁

You can now become a member through our new online system. This also means that you can ask friends and family from near AND far to support our school by becoming a member as well!

Membership is only $10 for the school year and comes with plenty of PTA perks! 😉

Become a member of Twain’s PTA here:
https://jointotem.com/ca/long-beach/twain-pta/join

2017-2018 PTA Events

2017-2018 PTA Events See the video

Mrs. Montell’s class at garden. We made a salad from there raised bed. Might have borrowed a touch from Dietz’s bed. Sure she won’t mind. Good year at the garden.

Mrs. Dietz and class at garden today. Harvested lettuce and sugar peas for salad. Also picked some squash.

Green Team meeting May 17th. Talked about what kids thought GT could do more or different next year. And of course Solar S’more. Thanks to all who came and parents that helped.