Past Feature Story Links

• FPS Students Participate in Sustainability Camp
• Owl Creek Garden Project Grows
• Principal Steve Jacoby Updates the School Board on Status of SLCs at FHS
• FPS Food & Nutrition Service takes the Jamie Oliver "Food Revolution" Audit
• Service Learning Students Teach about Recycling
• Two Schools Recognized as Certified Schoolyard Habitats
• FHS Students Honor MLK with Day of Service
• FHS Green Team Tours Fayetteville Public Library
• Game Day at Bud Walton Arena
• FPS Wellness and Education Clinic at Owl Creek
• Bicycle Education in Fayetteville Schools
• Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolence Summit
• Senator Lincoln Visits Washington Elementary for Farm to School Program Presentation
• Child Nutrition Director Adam Simmons
• Census 2010
• Farmers' Market Field Trip
• International Walk to School Day
• Standing Up to Cyberbullying
• Celebrating Constitution Day
• Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month
• Back to School
• Ideas for the New FHS
• Holcomb Elementary Teachers Participate in Project 21c Wiki

FPS Students Participate in Sustainability Camp

Click here to view the Sustainability Camp Photo Slideshow

“This is more fun than Fun City!” exclaimed an excited fourth grade FPS student at the Fayetteville Farmer’s Market last Thursday as students visited vendor booths, talked to farmers, and selected produce to purchase.

The farmers market field trip was part of a weeklong “Sustainable Kids / Sustainable Future” camp hosted by the Fayetteville Boys and Girls Club during their ZING summer program. Fourteen students in first through fifth grade from across the Fayetteville School District participated in the camp, which provided hands-on experiential learning to promote environmental awareness and education in sustainable practices. Apple Seeds, Inc., garden educator Beth Ashbaugh and FPS Energy Corps Member, Dana Smith, organized the club.

For more information about the many Boys and Girls Club summer youth development programs, please visit: http://www.fayettevillekids.org/after_school/zing

Throughout the week, students in Sustainable Kids/Sustainable Future club heard from guest speakers, took field trips, and spent time at the Boys and Girls club learning about a different sustainability theme each day.

Activities included a visit from Bicycle Coalition of the Ozarks (http://www.bconwa.com/index.php) with a focus on sustainable transportation and bike safety; a field trip to the Washington County Environmental Affairs and Recycling Office (http://www.co.washington.ar.us/EnvironmentalAffairs/default.htm) that included making recycled paper; a field trip to the farmer’s market to purchase and sample fresh, locally grown produce; and a morning in the garden at Owl Creek School learning about growing vegetables and water pollution from Jane Maginot, Urban Stormwater Education Program Associate for the Washington County Cooperative Extension.

The week ended with a day focused on “sustainable energy” that included a solar water pump demonstration, discussion about residential energy usage, and the student favorites: making solar pizza box ovens and homemade ice cream using “human energy.”

The solar ovens are a fun and easy way to take advantage of the abundant summer sun and avoid turning on a hot oven inside. Click here for directions on how to make your own oven!

You can also find a recipe and directions for making ice cream in a bag here.

For more information about the Sustainability Camp, please contact Dana Smith, FPS Energy Corps member at dana.smith@fayar.net