Final Stretch

This Friday at DeGolyer we celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday with the rest of DISD by reading his books out loud in all of the classrooms in the school and after the fun I walked out in the garden to see what we had done and still had to do and was reminded of the Lorax quote-

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

Dr. Seuss, The Lorax

The parents, students, teacher and faculty of DeGolyer are proving that they care a whole awful lot.....

I would like to write something original here instead of my standard gushing about the dedication of our parents and their commitment to our school and children- not to mention the wonderful support of the DISD facilities staff who have helped- I would like to but there is no other way to express how amazing they have all been!

We had another of our Family build days- our fourth and final one on Saturday and a large turn out put the finishing touches on many areas of the garden. We planted the Mexican Feather grass, finished the paths in the vegetable garden, created cold frames to get a jump on the vegetable planting with the students, cleaned and arranged.

 We only have a few details left to take care of over the coming weeks and then we are ready for the dedication March 31! Since the last entry we have also installed two of the triangle benches, stained a labyrinth on the concrete circle and the pergola is starting to take shape.  The daffodils we planted in the fall came up like little cheerleaders encouraging us to keep going- its worth it!

 I will put a special shout out to our Dad's Club President, Todd Smith who like a elf in the night erected the pergola structure in a blink of an eye. His amazing craftsmanship will be a gift to the students for generations to come- built of cedar this thing is ready for all that Texas has to throw at it. Enjoy the pictures and get ready for some more tweeks and treats between now and the dedication- Saturday March 31 during the DeGolyer Spring Carnival (from 2-5). Hope to see you all there.

Welcome to the New Year!

Last weekend I was once again amazed and impressed by the very dedicated parents of DeGolyer Elementary as well as the cubs and their parents from Cub Scout Troop 836 (sponsored by the DeGolyer Dad’s Club). The cubs came out as part of their service project- some of them simply live in the community and do not attend the school... Thanks Scouts!

We moved 6 cubic yards of soil into the vegetable garden and the butterfly raised beds, put down landscape cloth and piled on the decomposed granite all around the butterfly beds and into the vegetable garden, sunk in all of our raised beds boarders and organized the planting area in the vegetable garden, got one of the toppers on the butterfly garden and installed two of the triangle benches. Talk about a run on sentence of WORK!

The weather matched our spirits by being beautiful- even in January!

Here are the scouts putting down the ground cloth around the butterfly garden

Shaping the Vegetable Garden

Bringing in the Benches

Everyone was helping at the Dirt pile

I dont know how much the kids shoveled but they had a great time.

The Vegetable Garden taking shape

Last bag of Granite (for today)

Starting the Butterfly Garden Toppers

Working together to make the garden great!

Off site we are in the final planning stages of the pergola/ gazebo, ordering our stone pavers to honor or teachers and preparing for the next build day March 3^rd. With the dedication March 31! Mark your calendars!