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Polk Outdoor Enrichment Plan What do YOU want to see? Environmental Learning Cent Student-generated garden artwork and ideas? Shade trees? Greenhouse ? Outdoor classrooms? Wrought iron fencing? Habitat Gardens?

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Page 1: Polk Outdoor Enrichment Plan What do YOU want to see? Environmental Learning Center? Student-generated garden artwork and ideas? Shade trees? Greenhouse

Polk Outdoor Enrichment PlanWhat do YOU want to see?

Environmental Learning Center?Student-generated garden artwork and ideas?

Shade trees?

Greenhouse ?

Outdoor classrooms?

Wrought iron fencing?

Habitat Gardens?

Page 2: Polk Outdoor Enrichment Plan What do YOU want to see? Environmental Learning Center? Student-generated garden artwork and ideas? Shade trees? Greenhouse

Proyecto Mejora Exterior de Polk.¿Que quiere Ud. tener?

¿Centro environmental?¿Obras de arte hechas por los estudiantes?

¿ Arboles de sombra?

¿ Invernadero para vegetales?

¿ Cuarto exterior de clases?

¿Reja metálica?

¿ Jardín para colibries?

Page 3: Polk Outdoor Enrichment Plan What do YOU want to see? Environmental Learning Center? Student-generated garden artwork and ideas? Shade trees? Greenhouse

Requires / Requiere: Well defined plan / un plan estratégicoMajor and minor grants / subvenciones

Community involvement / compromiso de la comunidad

Donation of supplies and time / donaciones en especie

Support from parents and teachers / apoyo de la gente en general, maestros y padres de familia!

Page 4: Polk Outdoor Enrichment Plan What do YOU want to see? Environmental Learning Center? Student-generated garden artwork and ideas? Shade trees? Greenhouse

Our Plan / Nuestro planHire Desert Elements landscaping firm to

develop cohesive plan with permit ready drawings / Contratar una firma con experiencia en diseño de exteriors (Desert Elements) para desarrollar un plan que en sintonia con los planos ya con premiso requerido.

Firm will do landscaping for our multipurpose room/classroom addition and has done many projects with EPISD / Diseñador por nuestro edificio nuevo con experiencia con trabajos con EPISD y otras instituciones educativas.

Page 5: Polk Outdoor Enrichment Plan What do YOU want to see? Environmental Learning Center? Student-generated garden artwork and ideas? Shade trees? Greenhouse

Plan cost / El costo del planPTA committed $1000 A Polk family provided matching

$500 donation / PTA y donadores han completado ya $1,500 usd

$2300 more needed / faltando la cantidad de $2,300 usd para completar

Polk PTA is a 501C3 nonprofit. / PTA de Polk es una organización no lucrative 501C3

Page 6: Polk Outdoor Enrichment Plan What do YOU want to see? Environmental Learning Center? Student-generated garden artwork and ideas? Shade trees? Greenhouse

Charitable contribution / contribución caritativa?Donations are charitable

contributions / las donaciones son contribuciones caritativas.

Can you or your business help pay for the rest of the plan? / ¿Puede su negocio o su organización ayudar con el pago del plan?

If so, contact Rachel Murphree at 585-7297 or [email protected]. Si puede, llame a Rachel Murphree, 585-7297.

Page 7: Polk Outdoor Enrichment Plan What do YOU want to see? Environmental Learning Center? Student-generated garden artwork and ideas? Shade trees? Greenhouse

Volunteer expertise / Voluntarios con experiencia

Volunteer project manager Donald Belknap with extensive experience with EPISD. / Don Belknap, gerente voluntario del proyecto, estará apoyando monitorear las etapas del proyecto.

Volunteer grant writer Julie Merchant with decades of grant writing experience / Julie Merchant, voluntaria con mucha experiencia en escribir propuestas para donaciones, estará apoyando buscar fondos

Page 8: Polk Outdoor Enrichment Plan What do YOU want to see? Environmental Learning Center? Student-generated garden artwork and ideas? Shade trees? Greenhouse

Where’s the Money? / De dónde vendría el dinero?

Large amounts of grant dollars are available for groups with expertise and planning. / Hay muchos fondos disponibles para este tipo de proyectos.

Equipped with a solid plan and grant experience we have the advantage to secure these grants. / Con un plan estratégico, con un buen escrito, tenemos una probabilidad muy alta de obtener subvenciones.

Page 9: Polk Outdoor Enrichment Plan What do YOU want to see? Environmental Learning Center? Student-generated garden artwork and ideas? Shade trees? Greenhouse

We want your input! / Necesitamos su retroalimentación!

Here are our preliminary plans. /  Reflexiones preliminares y prioridades

Let us know what you’d like to see in Polk’s future Outdoor Enrichment areas. / ¿Que quiere tener en nuestro Proyecto Mejora Exterior?

Comment forms are available by the Front Office. / Escribir lo que piensa en las formas que estan cerca de la Oficina de la escuela.

Page 10: Polk Outdoor Enrichment Plan What do YOU want to see? Environmental Learning Center? Student-generated garden artwork and ideas? Shade trees? Greenhouse

Edible Landscape? / El jardín comestible?

• Tie in with Desert Element’s existing plans for addition / Unase con los planes de Desert Element’s

• Edible landscape – pecan and date trees, dwarf pomegranate and artichoke plants / árboles de nuez o dátil, plantas de granadas o alcachofas, y otras

• Native plants / plantas nativas de la region

Page 11: Polk Outdoor Enrichment Plan What do YOU want to see? Environmental Learning Center? Student-generated garden artwork and ideas? Shade trees? Greenhouse

Outdoor Classrooms / Cuarto exterior de clases?

• Outdoor classroom in the “U” between the two classroom hallways. / Cuarto exterior de clases en la unión entre los pasillos de los salones exteriores,

• May include hummingbird/butterfly garden. Electric and water for science and class activities. / Pudiera incluir un jardín para colibries. Actvidades para clases de ciencias con electricidad y agua.

Page 12: Polk Outdoor Enrichment Plan What do YOU want to see? Environmental Learning Center? Student-generated garden artwork and ideas? Shade trees? Greenhouse

Performance area / área de presentaciones?• Additional outdoor

classroom / tables / performance area in shaded area behind library (along La Chapa street) / Salón de clase afuera adicional / mesas / área de presentaciones en areas sombreadas, atrás de la biblioteca (del lado de La Chapa)

Page 13: Polk Outdoor Enrichment Plan What do YOU want to see? Environmental Learning Center? Student-generated garden artwork and ideas? Shade trees? Greenhouse

Environmental Learning Center / Centro Environmental?• Vegetable greenhouse and

compost/recycling center to teach students about sustainable living and healthy eating / Invernadero para vegetales y composta/centro de reciclaje para enseñar a los estudiantes acerca de vida sustentable y comida sana.

Page 14: Polk Outdoor Enrichment Plan What do YOU want to see? Environmental Learning Center? Student-generated garden artwork and ideas? Shade trees? Greenhouse

Shade trees/orchard around playground? / Arboles de sombra y arboles de fruta comestible alrededor del área de recreo?

Page 15: Polk Outdoor Enrichment Plan What do YOU want to see? Environmental Learning Center? Student-generated garden artwork and ideas? Shade trees? Greenhouse

School sign / Letrero? Parkways?

• School sign at corner of Belvidere and Westwind / Letrero de la escuela en la esquina de la Belvidere/Westwind

• Native plant landscaping of parkways (between sidewalks and roads) / plantas del área entre la banqueta y la calle..

Page 16: Polk Outdoor Enrichment Plan What do YOU want to see? Environmental Learning Center? Student-generated garden artwork and ideas? Shade trees? Greenhouse

Shade for walking to school / Sombra por andar?

• Low water use trees to shade students walking along parking lot from Belvidere to building. / Arboles de bajo consumo de agua, así habrá sombra en el estacionamiento de la Belvidere hacia el edificio

• Tree along portables to shade drop off zone from morning glare. / Arboles potátiles a lo largo de la zona de entrega de niños en la mañana.

Page 17: Polk Outdoor Enrichment Plan What do YOU want to see? Environmental Learning Center? Student-generated garden artwork and ideas? Shade trees? Greenhouse

Recycled patios and walkways?• Recycling of

demolished building materials to recreate walls, patios, and pathways. / Patios y banquetas creadas a partir de lo que se haga demolición para las adiciones de edificios de año entrante.

Page 18: Polk Outdoor Enrichment Plan What do YOU want to see? Environmental Learning Center? Student-generated garden artwork and ideas? Shade trees? Greenhouse

Student Art Walk / Caminar con arte?

• Art walk area, tiles made by students in art class used to decorate areas, free speech chalk area / Area para caminar con arte, mosaicos hechos por los estudiantes en la clase de arte, que se usen para decorar areas, igualmente área para pintar con gis.

• Student ideas create design elements and “personalize” the landscape and environment / Usar las ideas de los estudiantes en el diseño.

Page 19: Polk Outdoor Enrichment Plan What do YOU want to see? Environmental Learning Center? Student-generated garden artwork and ideas? Shade trees? Greenhouse

Replace existing fence / Reemplazo de la cadena actual?

◦Replacement of chain link fence with wrought iron fence / Reemplazo de la cadena actual con una reja metálica.

Page 20: Polk Outdoor Enrichment Plan What do YOU want to see? Environmental Learning Center? Student-generated garden artwork and ideas? Shade trees? Greenhouse

Any other ideas? We’d love to hear from you with

comments, suggestions, criticisms, you name it! / Necesitamos su retroalimentación, de todo!!!

Please contact Rachel at 585-7297 0r [email protected] with your thoughts and ideas / por favor, llame a Rachel at 585-7297.