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Curtis Corner Middle School
South Kingstown Schools
Address:
301 Curtis Corner Road
Wakefield, RI 02879
US
Telephone: (401)360-1333
Email: jforbes@skschools.net
Website: http://skschools.net
I am a URI master gardener. I took over a garden in 1997 that was centrally located in the school. It was filled with overgrown hedges and poison ivy.
With the help of the school drama club and a few aides and teachers we started the cleanup in spring 1997. In 1999 a parent volunteered services to design a plan. We raised money to pay for the plants then planted them.
In 2001 we went from a junior high to a middle school. I had a homeroom for the first time ever. I started to get my homeroom and some of my 8th grade classes to help weed and plant.
In 2003 a master gardener parent volunteered to help. We were asked to dress up the new sign area put in front of the building. The PTO said they would be glad to help with funds.
My learning center also does the Boxtops for Education collection and much of the money we earn each year with that project helps funds the planting. In spring 2007 the principal asked if we could dress up the big courtyard that is used for outdoor 8th grade graduation reception. We removed big overgrown ilex and landscaped. This turned out to be a huge project and wasn't completed until June 2008.
This present school year, 2008-2009, my 8th grade learning center and a 6th grade learning center are working together to maintain the gardens. So far this fall the combined groups have planted mums, kale, tulips and crocuses.
Jean E. Forbes
