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Support from
volunteers fuels
inaugural KG
Upcycle Market
Alex Ivanisevic
Assistant Editor
The Kelvin Grove Middle
School Nature Club has
spent three months preparing,
and now it is almost
time.
Those preparations have
been for the inaugural Nature
Club Upcycle Market,
which is to be held from 3-6
p.m. on May 3 and from 9
a.m.-1 p.m. May 4 in the
Kelvin Grove Learning Resource
Center Courtyard.
The market is to feature a
number of unique gifts with
a nature and eco-friendly
theme for sale. The club has
the goal of raising $1,000.
It is Kelvin Grove science
and social studies teacher
Brittany Schaller’s first year
co-sponsoring the Nature
Club.
“We have been preparing
for the market for three
months,” Schaller said.
“Having the market has
been a goal for Nature Club
for a few years now, but this
is the first year we have had
the extra volunteer help to
get the market up and running.”
She said she meets with
the club once a week on
Thursdays for one hour after
school and their meeting
hours have extended in the
past month in an effort to
finish all the activities they
have been working on in
preparation for the market.
“Each week we focus on
a new product we are going
to be selling at the market,”
she said. “Last week,
we worked on stamping
and organizing seed packets.
This week, we will be
working on upcycling T-
shirts by turning them into
reusable shopping bags, and
next week we are going to
make sugar scrubs and seed
bombs to sell at the market.”
Schaller has eight chickens
of her own and intends
to sell their fresh eggs at the
market as well.
There are 25 fourth- and
fifth-grade students in Nature
Club. Together, the
students have started the
A group of Kelvin Grove fourth and fifth graders in Nature Club participate in a neighborhood leaf cleanup to get
cover for their garden beds for insulation over the winter. Photo submitted
school garden.
“We are focusing on having
the students plant, grow,
water and harvest the plants
in the garden,” Schaller
said. “We try to focus on
the student experience and
allowing them to see where
their food comes from.”
The students have tied
their outdoor eco-friendly
efforts into the school by
composting in the cafeteria
to prevent organic waste
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“Honestly, there’s nothing better than hearing
their exclamations of joy when they discover
the first cucumber or tomato, or watching them
shove a fresh tomato wrapped in a basil leaf into
their mouth and smile with delight as they head
back for another bite.”
Christie Soulian — Kelvin Grove teacher, on the impact of the school’s
Nature Club