While it may be winter, even here in beautiful Arizona, students in Orme’s gardening chore are still hard at work. Raised growing beds in our Burpee Garden are being protected from the cold, while tomato and other seedlings are being started, a crop of peas planted, and radishes and sweet potatoes harvested. In addition to […]
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The campus saw a nice turnout of alumni, Trustees, parents and friends who worked alongside Orme faculty, staff and students during our fall Community Work Day. Many wonderful things were accomplished all around our school from organizing the School Archives room, sustainable landscaping and planting of trees, and resurfacing of the original Old Adobe Classroom […]
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Faculty member Kelly Bull is Orme’s Director of Sustainability Studies. She also coaches our student Eco Team and oversees the school’s new student Thrift Store, which is located in Commons. Kelly stated that, “One of Orme’s sustainability missions is to value our resources and use them wisely. Two weekends ago, students harvested prickly pears from […]
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This year, two Orme students started a Plastic Police force on campus. Naomi Nguyen and Peter Kohlmann took on a special sustainability project regarding plastic trash; something which has become very widespread and detrimental to our planet. Naomi and Peter have been working diligently to educate students and adults at Orme about how discarded plastic […]
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What’s the latest news ‘buzz’ on campus? Three students in our Sustainability Studies Program are playing an important part in a new Bee Project here at The Orme School. This opportunity came about through a grant from The Whole Kids Foundation, for which Orme is very thankful. Director of Sustainability Services Patti Marrs, Director of […]
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Faculty member Kelly Bull recently took her Sustainability Studies class to Phoenix to visit the State Capital as part of Environmental Day. Students were able to observe the legislative process up close. Orme students also had a chance to meet with and ask questions of Arizona Senators Karen Fann (R) of District 1 and Juan […]
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Female students living in Flowerpot Dorm this fall are extremely grateful for the new windows that were installed on all of the rooms in that dorm this summer. It was the kind generosity of Ellen MacNeale ’63 and her family that made it possible for Orme to move forward with a Flowerpot Dorm Sustainability Project, […]
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Project write up by faculty member and Engineering Team sponsor Steven Pankratz. Orme’s Engineering Team has made great progress on their wind turbine project, and students have learned quite a bit about the handling of tools and materials. Our plan to make a 2-meters tall vertical axis wind turbine has proceeded to about the middle […]
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Faculty member Sylvia Strobel’s General Chemistry students spent two weeks researching and studying Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and the pesticide Roundup (Glyphosate). They studied links between the two, and the possible health and environmental hazards that may be associated with both. The students’ research culminated with a poster presentation, as well as letters from the […]
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Students in Mr. Casey Jones’ Environmental Science class took on the task and challenge of identifying opportunities to help make The Orme School a more sustainable community. The students were asked to create a project that illustrated how to create something of value from waste, or ways in which to conserve water, electricity and other […]
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