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Students in Lower School Science are exploring the

Students in Lower School Science are exploring the effect of varying the wavelength of incident light on the growth of radish plants. ☀️🌱☀️🌱

Students visited @SignificantElementsSalvage on Ea

Students visited @SignificantElementsSalvage on Earth Day engaging in a sustainability project to revive and polish 110 year-old hardware for resale.

#EarthDay2021🌍
#EveryDayisEarthDayatNewRoots

Global Studies students are giving presentations t

Global Studies students are giving presentations to their peers about WWI & WWII weapons and their destructive impact on humans and the environment.

#sayNOtoWEAPONS
#sayYEStoHUMANS
#sayYEStoMOTHEREARTH

Students in our farming elective are building a hu

Students in our farming elective are building a hugelkultur bed, which is a raised garden bed filled with rotten wood. They have naturally good drainage and produce incredibly rich, fertile soil. Give thanks for sustainable, regenerative farming practices! 👩🏽‍🌾

#EveryDayisEarthDayatNewRoots
#GreenRibbonSchool

Earth Day #TBT Students used art to express their

Earth Day #TBT Students used art to express their commitment to sustainability, including repurposing an old keyboard that was destined for an e-waste landfill. 👏 👏

#EveryDayisEarthDayatNewRoots
#GreenRibbonSchool

Last week during Earth Day 🌍 activities, Upper

Last week during Earth Day 🌍 activities, Upper School students held an Earth Day Sustainability Forum in our lobby.

#EveryDayisEarthDayatNewRoots
#GreenRibbonSchool

"Life creates the Force, makes it grow. Its energy

"Life creates the Force, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter.” -Yoda

#maythe4thbewithyou
#inthelightthereisnodarkness

Teamwork and collaboration are core soft skills th

Teamwork and collaboration are core soft skills that are fundamental to education for a sustainable future. Students in 9th grade Global Studies are a great example, even while physically distanced.

The New Roots Rocketry & Aerospace Team is prepari

The New Roots Rocketry & Aerospace Team is preparing for a test flight of the 2nd iteration of their 🚀 this weekend. Students designed their rocket out of poly carbon and the egg 🥚 is below the actuator in the body surrounded by foam. They’re planning to use an FJ6 engine. 🚀

Lower School students have been making (peaceful)

Lower School students have been making (peaceful) seed bombs in Crews. Next week they will be "Guerrilla Gardeners" and will seed vacant lots and such, helping to create gardens for pollinators.

#EveryDayisEarthDayatNewRoots
#GreenRibbonSchool

As we wind down a beautiful week of celebrating Ea

As we wind down a beautiful week of celebrating Earth Day, we invite you to adopt a New Roots Charter School state of mind and continue this work every day. Nia:weh (thanks in Cayuga)

#EarthDay2021🌍 #EveryDayisEarthDayatNewRoots

U.S. Secretary of Education Names New Roots Charte

U.S. Secretary of Education Names New Roots Charter School a 2021 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School!

#EarthDay2021🌍 #EveryDayisEarthDayatNewRoots

https://newrootsschool.org/us-department-of-education-green-ribbon-school

Happy Earth Day! May the forest be with you! #je

Happy Earth Day! May the forest be with you!

#jedimind #EarthDay2021🌍 #EveryDayisEarthDayatNewRoots

Lower School (9-10) students celebrated Earth Day

Lower School (9-10) students celebrated Earth Day today with an art gallery walk for re-envisioning Ithaca as a solar punk city, seeking rooftops for new solar panels, and trash cleanup to give back to the community. Please leave any questions or ideas about #SolarPunk in the comments.

#EarthDay2021🌍 #EveryDayisEarthDayatNewRoots

We’d like to acknowledge the student sustainabil

We’d like to acknowledge the student sustainability warriors who participate in our Cayuga Wetlands Restoration Project, helping to support natural systems for a cleaner Cayuga Lake watershed. And a special thanks to the Cayugas and the DEC for empowering the project! #EarthDay2021🌍 #EveryDayisEarthDayatNewRoots #CayugaWetlandsRestorationProject #WaterisLIFE💧

As we celebrate Earth Day during a global pandemic

As we celebrate Earth Day during a global pandemic, we invite you to design/create sustainable safety protocols and reduce the amount a waste generated by the PPE being used everywhere. Please share your sustainability ideas in the comments. #EarthDay2021🌍 #EveryDayisEarthDayatNewRoots

Six dancing penguins 🐧 help us stay safe and he

Six dancing penguins 🐧 help us stay safe and healthy inside our school and we invite you to design/create ways you can help them stay safe and healthy as well. Please feel free share any sustainability ideas you have in the comments. #EarthDay2021🌍 #EveryDayisEarthDayatNewRoots

After our Inventing Our Future Symposium yesterday

After our Inventing Our Future Symposium yesterday, we’re inspired to share this memory from the Fall 2020 kale 🥬 and tomato 🍅 harvest in our Urban Farm. #TBT #NewRootsUrbanFarmProject

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