Partnerships+Waynesburg

A second goal of the WE Teach project is to build longevity into the work that teachers and students create. One way that projects such as this are sustained, is through partnerships with local and regional entities. During the project you will be asked to identify a partner for your school and team. Below please document that work. You may include:

Who is the partner your team identified? We partnered with: Waynesburg University-Dr. Janet Paladino & Biology Students Camille Dempsey WCHS The Future is Mine Justin Golsky & his Tech Ed students WCHS Mother Earth Farms-Waynesburg, PA St. Ann's Church Soup Kitchen-Waynesburg, PA  Wayne Lumber-Waynesburg, PA  Waynesburg Borough Alpha Resources Custom Graphics Hoy Ready Mix Producers Supply Waynesburg Milling Company Kim Cockroft

What is the nature of the partnership? (will your partner provide resources, fund raising support, time, materials, a location space, etc.?) When will your partnership commence? Started when we began the project Where is your partner located? Various Locations Why did you choose this partner? Chose partners based on location, and willingness to participate How will your partner help you to sustain the lessons learned during the WE Teach project? There will be an ongoing partnership with many of these organizations and people.
 * Justin Golsky and High School students have cut vegetables and the large tree from plywood. They are going to be building/installing the raised beds. Jake Migyanko helped me figure out the layout for the beds. The Future is Mine Club will be helping us build, plant and care for the garden over the summer, taking extra vegetables to St. Ann's Soup Kitchen.
 * Wayne Lumber donated 2 garbage cans and chain for compost bins
 * Waynesburg University, Dr. Janet Paladino and her students wrote a $1,000 grant for garden supplies and soil testing kits. They will be working with the 4th grade students on April 17th and 19th.
 * Mother Earth Farms has donated seeds and will donate plants when we are ready.
 * Hoy Ready Mix is donating the gravel that we will need for the pathway
 * Producers Supply donated the black weed barrier plastic
 * Alpha Natural Resources donated $1,000 that we will use to purchase the wood to make the raised beds
 * Custom Graphics is donating a sign that we are titling "The Giving Tree" that will bear the names of the contributors. It will be displayed in the garden.
 * Waynesburg Milling Company has donated a hummingbird feeder and food.
 * Waynesburg Borough is donating dirt for the raised beds.
 * Kim Cockroft for the article in the Greene County Living Magazine
 * Mrs. Miske and Morgan's 2nd grade classes have been providing scraps for our compost bins for 2 months
 * Mrs. Lawrence and Trollman's classes have been learning about water and soil
 * Mrs. Kelly and Kalsey's classes planted a living tree on the windows of their classroom that became an animation. With the ipods and ipads (that they got through the STEAM Grant) the students have been learning how make different animations. They have also Skyped with Camille Dempsey, a professor at Mercyhearst College about how to use the ipods to capture images and videos in the garden.
 * Chris Haines and Charlie Blair, maintence crew, for installing the plywood tree and sign. They will probably haul the purchased wood and dirt.
 * Camille Dempsey-Skyped with students about ipod uses and student documentation