Cub Scouts Tour Preserve

Sarah Kesten, Preserve Manager and Upper School Nature Program Coordinator gave area lower school cub scouts  a tour of the Preserve earlier this year.  Students engaged in learned about wetlands as a way  to earn an “achievement” or badge. 

Green Holiday Lunch in the Middle School

The Middle School Green Ambassadors celebrated the upcoming holiday season by ditching the sugary treats and hosting a Green Holiday lunch party where all the food, except the chips, and drinks were green: guacamole, grapes, green drink, pickles, pumpkin seeds, dolmas and green bean snacks. 

Fall Mantis Spotted in the Preserve

Lower School Students Explore the Wissahickon Creek

PreK Makes Tomato Sauce in the Tinker Lab

Wetlands Workshop

On July 20^th Sarah Kesten, US Science Teacher and Preserve Manager, attended WOW! Workshop and Wetland Exploration” which is a highly regarded wetlands education curriculum developed by the non-profit Wetlands Institute, at The Aquatic Resources Education Center in Smyrna, Delaware.  This particular workshop was organized by the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary which includes the Schuylkill Action Network which, along with the Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association, gave us the rain garden grant to install the big rain garden in the Preserve a few years ago.   The workshop offered techniques for us to connect our students with our wetlands and natural spaces without limitations, exploring more ways to engage students outdoors as well as ways to incorporate wetland activities while indoors. 

MIddle School Students Design Butterfly Garden

At Preserve Day earlier this fall, we employed Middle School student ideas for a redesign of the Butterfly Garden in The Preserve At Germantown Academy. While the final effort looks more like an amalgam of the best ideas from lots of designs, there were many interesting individual designs. 

Kindergarten Students Roll Up their Sleeves for Mud Day