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11/1/02 THU 18 : 1 FA% 541 682 4882 EUGENE Pw MNTNC & POS PVY ADMIN (7j 001 <br /> PRESS LEASE <br /> For Imm diate Release <br /> DATE: ovember 14, 2002 <br /> CONTA TS: ~ Sharou Blick, Project Coordinator, 683-4635 <br /> Mike Darling, Eastside Principal, 687-3303 <br /> Lorna Baldwin, Stream Team Coordinator, cea1913-1292 <br /> (Tuesday, November 19, only) <br /> ASTSIDE RESTORES AMAZON: The Beginning of a New ERA! <br /> S dents at Eastside Elementary School will be getting dirty next week dozing <br /> class tim as they plant wildflowers along Amazon Creek, just one block from their <br /> school. cooperation with the City of Eug.ne Stream Team, Eastside school has <br /> adopted section of public land at East Amazon and 39th Street in order to restore <br /> populatio of locally native wildflowers and improve habitat for butterflies, bugs, birds, <br /> and other wildlife. In the process, students will have the opportunity to learn directly <br /> from na a and feel empowered by taking action on a local environmental problem. <br /> this meadow, which currently contains mostly non-native grasses and weeds, <br /> the stud is will plant at least 170 wildflower plants of l O locally native species. Each of <br /> the 144 s udents at Eastside will plant one plant, with parents and other volunteers <br /> planting a rest. The planting will occur on November 19 and 21 from 9:30-11:15, and <br /> on Nove bex 20 from 9:30-noon. <br /> S ce Eastside shares a building with Parker School, the restored meadow can <br /> serve as ecological field site within easy walling distance o~both schools. "As school <br /> budgets et tighter, we can't even afford school buses for most field trips," said Parker- <br /> Eastside rincipal 1Vlike Darling. "Having this restored meadow so close saves us field <br /> trip mon y and time, plus it gives our teachers the flexibility to go out when the sun is <br /> shining.' <br /> an alternative school, Eastside has a long history ofproject-based education. <br /> "Our tea hers laiow that students always learn tza,ore and remember longer when the <br /> ~ learning wolves doing, not just Reading or listening," said Head Teacher Janice Gould. <br /> <br /> ~r.?. <br /> <br />