AnnuAl RepoRt for Fiscal Year 2010 - Benedictine School

M A Y 2 0 1 0 Encouraging Environmental Action
Benedictine students in the Pre-Vocational I
program, under the guidance of their teacher
Debi Williamson, have been involved in many
projects that benefit the environment, especially
by working with plants and trees. These are
activites the students can think about and learn
from, gaining the understanding that they can
positively impact our world. It is something they
can work on with their hands, keeping to their
task, inside and outside, and at the end of the day
they know they’ve accomplished something good
for everyone.
plAnt AWARD
At morning assembly on Monday, May 3rd, the representative
from the Maryland State Department of Natural Resources
presented the class with the PLANT Award (People Loving
And Nurturing Trees) for their work in planting and caring for
Benedictine’s trees.
FutuRe envIRonmentAl StAR AWARD
On Wednesday, May 12, The Pre-Voc I class was named
“Future Environmental Stars of the Month” by WMDT Channel
47 in Salisbury, sponsored by Mountaire Farms, Inc. Roger
Marino, Corporate Director of Community Relations for
Mountaire, came to the Benedictine classroom to visit with
the students, see their work, and to present teacher Debi
Williamson with the award. Sister Jeannette was on hand to
offer her congratulations on this worthwhile project. “The kids
love to work with the plants in the dirt,” said Sister Jeannette,
“and we all love our nice green campus. This gives them an
opportunity to know they are a part of improving our world.”
Another of Debi’s projects is the Maryland Big Tree Program,
through which Benedictine has been recognized as having on
our campus many of the state’s largest specimens of various
native tree species.
The Pre-Voc I class, with Debi Williamson, center back, receiving the
PLANT Award from Maryland State Department of Natural Resources
The Mountaire Future Environmental Star of the Month award was
presented to the Pre-Vocational class in May. From left: Lindsay Ewing,
Teaching Assistant; Natalie P.; Sally L.; Michael G.; Kevin M.; Teacher
Debi Williamson; Sister Jeannette; Roger Marino, Mountaire Farms
Community Relations Director; and Haley Peter, Teaching Assistant.
Photos thanks to Steve Goodman
Left: The class showed the seedlings they have started to the film crew
from Channel 47.
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