• Mailing the Crayons!

    The Crayon Project

    Driving Question:  How can we, as CSA First Graders, recycle crayons and help children who are in the hospital?

    Project Partner:  The Crayon Initiative Organization
     
    Plan of Action:  We collected used crayons the whole school year that we counted, weighed, and sorted.  We sent the crayons to The Crayon Initiative to be recycled.
     
    Culminating Event:  We took the crayons to the Post Office and mailed them to California! 
     
     Toys for Fireman's Cheer Fund
    Fireman's Cheer Fund/Love Chapel Project
     
    Driving Question:  How can we, as CSA First Graders, make the holiday season happier for people in our community?
     
    Community Partners:  Love Chapel and Columbus Firefighters
     
    Plan of Action:  We collected, counted, sorted, and cleaned new and gently used toys for the Cheer Fund.  We made ornaments and cards for the clients at Love Chapel.
     
    Culminating Event:  We delivered our toys and packed boxes for the Cheer Fund.  We volunteered at Love Chapel to pack food, organize bags, and wrap silverware.
     
    Float Parade to Preschool Classes
    American Holiday Symbols and Traditions Project
     
    Driving Question:  How can we, as CSA First Graders, teach preschool children about American holiday symbols and traditions?
     
    Community Partners:  First Christian Church Preschool and First Presbyterian Preschool
     
    Plan of Action:  We researched American holiday symbols and traditions.  We made google slide shows and presented them to our families.  
     
    Culminating Event:  We made wagon floats for each holiday and took them to the preschools to present what we learned. 
     
    Planting our seeds at the Community Garden.
     
    Cummins Community Garden Project
     
    Driving Question:  How can we, as CSA First Graders, grow healthy food for people in our community?
     
    Community Partner:  Cummins Community Garden Group
     
    Plan of Action:  We researched plants and their life cycle.  We planted seeds and took care of them.  
     
    Culminating Event:  We took the plants to the Community Garden and planted them.  We will pick the vegetables in the fall.
     
     
     
Last Modified on July 30, 2017