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DATE:	March 27, 2012
TITLE OF EVENT:	Deutsche Bank Earth Week
COUNTY:	Hudson
TIME(S):	10 am - 2 pm (TBC)
LOCATION:	Harborside Financial Center, Plaza One 34 Exchange Pl,Jersey City, NJ 07302
COST:	None
AUDIENCE:	Deutsche Bank employees only
CONTACT:	Vijay Jesrani
DESCRIPTION:	Our sustainability trade show on March 27, Which is part of Deutsche Bank’s Global Earth Week. The trade show will take place at Harborside Financial Center in Jersey City from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm (times TBC). Deutsche Bank is committed to improving its environmental performance and sustainability is an integral component of our business decisions and operations. Part of these efforts includes engaging and educating our employees about sustainability, both in and out of the workplace. This year’s theme is “What if…” and our goal is to provoke thought around actions taken by employees and the Bank, and how they affect the environment.
PHONE#:	(646) 413-4761
E-MAIL ADDRESS:	vijay.jesrani@db.com
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DATE:	I would like to let you know about a school-wide assembly that we are having at Neptune Township High School on Monday, April 16th, to kick-off the beginning of Earth Week. The Alliance for Climate Eduction (ACE) will be presenting on environmental issues and local concerns. There will be 2 presentations, one at 9:05am and a second at 12:25pm in the high school's Performing Arts Center. Tara Stephenson Department Chair - Science, Technology, Art & Music Neptune Township School District 732-776-2000 x7307 HS x6023 MS TStephenson@neptune.k12.nj.us
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DATE:	The week of April 16-20 At Hopewell Valley Central High School in Pennington, NJ, where I am the Recycling and Compost coordinator, we are organizing a drive to get students to reuse beverage containers The focus is primarily water bottles (and the environmental problems associated with them), but also, coffee mugs. We will be selling both stainless steel water bottles and mugs (at a low cost) as well as having informational flyers/displays and screening a short video to the whole school. Additionally, we will be showing the film Tapped during lunch periods on April 19 and 20. Carolyn McGrath HVCHS
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DATE:	April 16 - 28, 2012 Our school will be doing many things this month to celebrate Earth Day/Month: - We will be working in our school garden beginning the week of the 16th - Our school will also be participating with the township in an Earth Day Festival on Saturday, April 28. Clubs and individual students from our school and the district will be selling crafts they made from recycled materials Also there is a competition for Art/Craft projects made by students on that day. - 8th grade students will be reading and exploring in depth our whole school read novel, Empty by Suzanne Weyn which explores the theme of sustainability in the near future where gas prices are $50-60 per gallon. We would be happy for you to visit our school to see the many wonderful things we are doing to celebrate the earth. Ramona Bregatta, Media Specialist Henry C. Beck Middle School 950 Cropwell Road Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08003 Phone 856-424-4505 ext. 3130 FAX 856-424-8602 RBregatta@chclc.org
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DATE:	April 17, 2012 We're gearing up for Earth day at the several schools we have been working with in Camden: Sumner, RT Cream, Molina, and Woodrow Wilson. We'll be having a small afternoon event at Sumner Elementary with the 5th & 6th grade. Between the 3 grades we have just under 60 students participating. The focus will be on evidence of climate change with ice cores, sediment cores (looking at pollen samples) and tree ring activities. Our other schools will be doing similar activities during the week, but on a smaller scale. Maggie McCann camden4h@aesop.rutgers.edu
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DATE:	Tuesday, April 17 Time - TBA Earth Day Program - Focus on Climate Change Sumner Elementary School Camden Camden County " Program involves grades 5-6 in several hands-on activities - about 60 students " Program is offered through a partnership between Camden Cooperative Extension and school
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DATE:	Wednesday, April 18 11:30 am - 1:30 pm 6th Annual Freshman Research Expo MATES - Marine Academy of Technology & Environmental Sciences (Part of Ocean County Vocational Technical School) Manahawkin Ocean County " 70 research projects will be presented - new category is on Barnegat Bay " Several HS freshmen conducted research on Barnegat Bay " Would love to have Commissioner come and talk with the students/faculty
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DATE:	Wednesday, April 18th Event: Earth Day Presentations at Green Street School in Phillipsburg Location: Green Street School, 1000 Green Street, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865 Time: 8:30 am- 2:45 pm Partners: Natalie Baratta-Verdi, Teacher at Green Street School Descriptions: Presenting five to six 4th graders using the EnviroScape and other activities, such as Drop in a Bucket Contact: Lauren Smith ambassador@musconetcong.org or (908)537-7060
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DATE:	Thursday, April 19 Time - TBA St. Anthony of Padua School Collingswood Camden County " Perkins Center for the Arts has grant for STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, math) and are using $ to create rain gardens at two elementary schools; cooperative extension is partner " Artists and students work together to create mosaic benches, stepping stones and a bird bath " On this date, artists will work with students to complete clay tiles for benches and bird bath
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DATE:	The North Bergen High School is holding our second annual Campus Clean-Up event on Thursday, April 19 after school. We go over safety rules, we break up into groups, we pick up and sort all litter found on school grounds for 30 minutes, and then we discuss what we found and how much we found. Last year, we made garbage art. This is a small scale event, but it's our Earth Day event we hope will get bigger with every year! They love it! And, it really makes them realize how their peers treat their environment we all share. Dana Lau, Co-moderator NBHS Environmental Club
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DATE:	April 19 - 27, 2012 I'm pleased to let you know that Perkins Center for the Arts is providing 2 STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) in-school artists-in-residence programs this spring. We have sought and been awarded grants to build rain gardens at 2 local elementary schools where students will also be working with teaching artists to create mosaic benches, stepping stones and a bird bath. Rutgers University's WATER Program is assisting these 2 residencies with expert guidance from Mike Haberland, Environmental Resources and Management Agent for Camden and Burlington Counties, to select the rain garden sites, create the design and oversee the installation of the rain gardens. On April 19th and 20th teaching artists will be working with students at St. Anthony of Padua School in Camden to complete the design on the clay tiles they have made for their benches and bird bath. On April 20th teaching artists will be starting their work with students at Zane North Elementary School in Collingswood in planning the design for their benches and stepping stones. On Saturday, April 21st, Earth Day, Perkins Center in Collingswood will be a host site for The Collingswood Green Festival activities encouraging and celebrating environmental stewardship. There will be educational films, samples of the STEAM residency work and an artist led fiber arts workshop using recycled materials to create a community remembrance wall hanging. During Earth Week teaching artists will be continuing their work with students from Zane North School on April 23rd and 27th. I hope you can be a part of this exciting time for our organization. Karen Chigounis Director of ARTS Education Associate Curator 30 Irvin Avenue, Collingswood, NJ 08108 856-833-0109 ext. 201 kchigounis@perkinscenter.org www.perkinscenter.org
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DATE:	We are having an Earth Day assembly at Princeton Junior School on April 20. Tama Matsuoka is the author of a forthcoming book, FORAGING FLAVOR, and a former PJS parent. The teacher of our LEARNING THROUGH LANDSCAPES program just received an award from the Garden Club of America, and we are acknowledging her as well. Lori Lipsky Director of Development and Communications Princeton Junior School 609-924-8126 llipsky@pjs.org
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DATE:	We have our Water Day on April 20, and during that week, my Fifth Grade Water Team will be using the Survivor Amphibian game from the ANJEE conference to teach younger kids themselves. Priscilla Hayes phayes@fhcds.org
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DATE:	Friday, April 20 9am - 3:30pm Earth Day at the Willow School Willow School Gladstone Somerset County " Students do local community service projects in morning/creative arts program in afternoon " Commissioner can meet with grades K-5 at lunchtime (12:30 - 1:15) " He met with them last year - they would LOVE to have him back again " Willow School was NJ's #1 candidate for Green Ribbon Schools competition this year
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DATE:	Friday, April 20 10:00 - 11:30am Earth Day Assembly Program Princeton Junior School Lawrence Township Mercer County " Diverse program - an award, an author (speaker), several presentations on school environmental and sustainability activities
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DATE:	Friday, April 20 Time - TBA Water Day Far Hills Country Day School Far Hills Somerset County " Program and times of program have been requested
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DATE:	Friday, April 20 Time - TBA Zane North Elementary School Collingswood Camden County " Perkins Center for the Arts has grant for STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, math) and are using $ to create rain gardens at two elementary schools; cooperative extension is partner " Artists and students work together to create mosaic benches, stepping stones and a bird bath " On this date, artists will work with students to begin design work (benches and stones)
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DATE:	Point Road School in Little Silver, is planning our Annual Earth Day Grocery Bag Program on Friday, April 20th at 2:00 PM. We try to do something for Earth Day and also for Arbor Day each year. (Our Kindergarten students will be doing their annual program on Friday, April 27th, while our 3rd grade students will be doing a Tree Scavenger Hunt and getting a seedling from the Bureau of Forestry. Pamela Albert, Principal palbert@littlesilver.k12.nj.us (732) 741-4022
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DATE:	Friday, April 20 Far Hills Country Day School is holding a Water Day to celebrate our precious resource, water, the Friday before Earth Day. Julie Blanco
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DATE:	April 20th We are having a fundraising fair for students only during school hours to raise money for the New Jersey Conservation Foundation. We are having a bake sale on April 18th and a spirit day on April 23rd. My students decorated a bulliten board using only garbage and recyclables (I have attached these photos). These are only school-wide events and not open to the public. cpollo@ucvts.tec.nj.us
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DATE:	Monday, April 23 8:30am - 1pm Earth Day School-yard Clean-up Steinhert High School Hamilton Mercer County " Science club will spread mulch, plant flowers, pull weeds, clean outdoor pond and fill birdfeeders (all on school property); would welcome a visit from the Commissioner
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DATE:	Steinert High School in Hamilton New Jersey will be hosting our Earth Day School-Yard Clean-Up community service on Monday, April 23rd from 8:30 until 1:00. Our science club students will be spreading mulch, weeding, planting flowers, cleaning out the outdoor pond, and filling bird feeders. Deborah Ryan dryan@hamilton.k12.nj.us
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DATE:	Monday, April 23 Time - TBA Zane North Elementary School Collingswood Camden County " Perkins Center for the Arts has grant for STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, math) and are using $ to create rain gardens at two elementary schools; cooperative extension is partner " Artists and students work together to create mosaic benches, stepping stones and a bird bath " On this date, artists will work with students to continue work on benches and stepping stones
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DATE:	Monday April 23, 2012 Julia Butterfly Hill is coming to do a benefit evening for our 501c3, Ridge and Valley Learning Circles, at 7pm at the Johnsonburg Presbyterian Camp near our school in Johnsonburg, NJ Warren Co.! Can't get much better than that for a historic Earth Day/Week moment! You can get more info and tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/237033 or call 908-509-1322. Nanci Dvorsky, Administrative Coordinator Ridge and Valley Charter School RVCS Office
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DATE:	April 23, 2012 The 5th and 7th grades at Lavallette Elementary School are potting 100 beach plum seedlings on the Day after Earth Day in preparation for selling them at various festivals throughout the watershed. Contact Judy Merritt at jmerritt@lavallettek12.org
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DATE:	Week of April 23 - 27 Dates/times vary - are flexible Installation of School Rain Garden Enhancements Ethel Jacobsen Elementary School Surf City Ocean County " School has been receiving guidance from DEP Forest Resource Education Center. They have a good garden and rain garden on property. They are upgrading rain garden by installing 15 roosting baskets, 4 nesting boxes, 4 feeders, 2 bird baths and a wildlife cam. They are planting veggies and teaching habitat lessons this week. Would LOVE visit from the Commissioner
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DATE:	Friday, April 27 Time - TBA Zane North Elementary School Collingswood Camden County " Perkins Center for the Arts has grant for STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, math) and are using $ to create rain gardens at two elementary schools; cooperative extension is partner " Artists and students work together to create mosaic benches, stepping stones and a bird bath " On this date, artists will work with students to complete work on benches and stepping stones
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DATE:	976 students will be outside the school building fulfilling one of these positions on May 18th (FRIDAY) 1. Plant a vegetable garden (Three teachers with their classes are working on this project.) We hope to raise tomatoes, peppers, beans, radishes for the local Sayreville Care and Share Food Bank 2. Pick up litter. Our school borders Route 9 and Ernston Road - two major arteries in our town. We amass a tremendous amount of litter from passing cars. Although we send students out during various times during the school year, this is a major clean up. 3. Plant shade trees. The Sayreville Shade Tree Commission gifts a tree to us each year, and our PTO provides money for us to purchase additional trees. We hope to plant these trees to the left of the school building, so that one day, shade will help us keep the building cool. (Our classes are not air-conditioned!) 4. Plant butterfly bushes to attract butterflies - so that our students can observe nature in action! 5. Plant perennials - to add color to the school campus during the spring months. 6. Scrape gum from the sidewalks so that the parents can power wash the sidewalk in the front of the school. 7. Spread mulch in the center courtyard to help the bushes retain water in the summer months. Each class signs up for something to do - whether it is planting, picking up litter, or sponsoring their own project. Bonnie Brady, Vice-Principal Samsel Upper Elementary School Parlin, NJ 08859 732-316-4054 Bonnie.Brady@sayrevillek12.net
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DATE:	We may have a school visit from the Atlantic City Press to photograph our Atlanticare Grant gardens - Healthy Schools/Healthy Children program project. Paul Ludgate ludgate@upperschools.org
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