Category: PS 115

Our CASW-COMPASS program has partnered with both PS 115 and Connectemonos to create a community garden on school grounds. This new initiative comes with a built-in lesson plan for our 2nd grade participants, who actively partake in the garden’s planting and maintenance. As they work on putting this garden together, participants are learning about cross-pollination…

We are beyond impressed with our junior horticulturalists at PS 115!!! The gardening program at COMPASS-PS 115 has been one of our most exciting developments within the past year, and the winter months have done little to slow our participants down – as these young gardeners are learning the basics of hydroponics!  Essentially, hydroponics refers…

As we’ve mentioned in past issues, we encourage our participants to get involved in community projects and relish any opportunity to teach them about local stewardship. Our COMPASS participants at PS 115 continue to make great strides with their community garden; more recently, students have had the opportunity to learn about compost, specifically, the essential…