It has been a busy last week of school at Cove Creek! There have been musicals, 8th grade promotions, class outings, field day events, end of year parties, parent meetings and retirement celebrations for our principal, Mr. Toby Cone. The school garden has also been seeing a lot of action with many classes getting out to their vegetable patch to water their plants, weed, or do some last minute planting of summer crops. Mrs. Pfister's class for example, harvested some kale which was ready, and Mrs. Warren and Mrs. Hall's third graders planted potatoes and tomatoes in their raised beds. We also had some help in the garden from Mr. Johnell Hunter, a Master Gardener from Winston Salem who was visiting with Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture.
Christina Fasanello, who will be our intern for the summer, also stopped by to join in the gardening fun. Christina is a sustainable development major at AppState and will be helping to take care of our garden while school is on break for the summer. She is part of a group of students doing an internship with Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture and will be helping out at different school and community gardens in the area. For more information about BRWIA's Community of Gardens initiative, go to http://communityofgardens.brwia.org/. On Tuesday May 30th we dedicated the garden to Mr. Cone with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and surprise unveiling of the amazing mosaic sign created by Angela McMann. It was quite a week indeed!
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This year has been one of amazing things happening at Cove Creek School, and among the highlights was the installation of our observational bee hive. The bee hive was awarded to the school by The Bee Cause Project, an initiative sponsored by the Whole Kids Foundation and the Savannah Bee Company which aims to bring bee hives to 1000 schools to "ensure future generations are stewards of the natural environment who understand, engage, and are inspired by the wonder of honey bees while being empowered to take action through careers in STEM." The equipment grant for the observation hive included the custom made observation honey bee hive, feeders, a cover for the hive, signage, curriculum materials and $150 for incidentals such as tools, food for the bees, etc. Our Bee Mentor, Mr. Doug Galloway of the Watauga County Beekeepers Association and our own Mrs. Sabena Maiden, who is also a beekeeper, have been instrumental in getting the hive set up, bringing the bees and educating the school community about the science and art of beekeeping. Mrs. Laurie Warren, one of our Bee Ambassadors, has set up bee books around the hive and informational pamphlets created by Mrs. Maiden (you can download a copy below) to help visitors understand how a hive works and the why it is so important to protect bees. All the classes in the school have now received the "crash course" on bee basics and Mrs. Dorothy Combs and her fourth grade class have been designated Bee Ambassadors as well and help keep an eye on the hive and get people excited about it. The bees arrived on March 29th, right in time for the Blooms and Buzz Day event which took place on March 31st. The colony is thriving in large part to Doug's help, as he comes regularly to check on them and do the necessary maintenance on the hive. We are so appreciative of Mr. Doug who takes time out of his very busy schedule maintaining his own bee hives, mentoring new beekeepers and volunteering at the North Carolina Zoo, to help us with our bees. For more pictures of the hive and to see Mr. Doug in action, check out the photo gallery. The Watauga Beekeepers Association has also been very supportive of the school's bee education initiative and several members participated in Blooms and Buzz Day. We look forward to continue learning about bees and helping to educate our community about the critical role they play in our ecosystem.
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