Special+Events

= //H&S Fundraising Events!// =

**// SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR: //**
The 2009 "Book Fair" was a great success!!! Special thanks to Cheryl, Liz, Nancy and to all the Parents that helped organize and coordinate it. Also thanks to those parents that bought books for their kids, to those that donated gently used books and last but not least to all those who volunteer their time to make this year's "Book Fair" a wonderful experience! To read more click on Book Fair.

To see more pictures for the Book Fair and other events, visit our Photo Gallery.

=// 2008 SCIENCE FAIR //= The Cook Wissahickon School annual **SCIENCE FAIR** was a huge success!!! Special thanks to our wonderful Science Teacher, Ms. Abby Pelcyger for making that possible and to our kids for providing great projects!!! Science Fair.

=// Wissahickon Sustainability Council, Green Committee Events! //=

//** The Green Committee is having a Green Flea Market on Saturday, May 30th, 2009, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm in the school yard. This event will benefit the Landscaping plan for the school grounds. Spaces are still available. We are also looking for a few parents that would like to donate some items for the bake sale table. For more information or to get a space please contact any of us by e-mail at thegreenfleamarket@gmail.com or by phone to 610-721-4723. Please see the flyer by clicking on Green Flea Market. //Our Green Flea Market was a great success!!! Thanks to everybody who helped!!! To see our pictures click on Green Events//
 * // GREEN FLEA MARKET & ECO-FAIR:

// **EARTH DAY - VINE CUTTING CELEBRATION:** // || ||
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The Green Committee had a Vine Cutting Ceremony on National Earth Day, Wednesday, April 22nd 2009, at 12:30 p.m. The event took place in the School Cafeteria and everybody was welcome! This Ceremony officially kicked off the implementation of the School's Greening Plan, celebrating all that have been accomplished thus far and looking forward to a promising future. To see the invitation click on Ribbon Cutting

The Vine Cutting Ceremony turned out great! Our Cook-Wiss kids were very impressive leaded by our Science Teacher Ms. Abby Pelcyger. We counted with the presence of a representative from the Mayor's Office of Sustainability, a representative from Dr. Ackerman's Office, two representatives from Pennsylvania Horticultural Society "PHS", a representative from Councilman Jones's Office, "Star" newspaper with a freelance photographer, and several teachers, parents and students as well. We would like to thank everybody for their contribution to make this Green Committee event possible.

The local newspaper "Star" published an article about it, to read it please click on "Green Machine".

//EARTH DAY BAGS PROJECT: [[image:IMG_2138.JPG width="205" height="274" align="right"]]//
Cook-Wissahickon kids did a fun project to celebrate "Earth Day" this week. They painted and decorated 220 paper bags!!! One local supermarket borrowed us the bags and 220 of our kids, from Pre-K to 7th grade, got to draw and paint Earth Day messages on them. We like to congratulate the kids for their great job and the amazing messages they put on the bags. They helped create environmental awareness by writing about different ways to take care of the Earth. We would also like to thank all the teachers that helped with this project and to Shoprite Supermarket on Ridge Ave. for their support!

To see some pictures of the kids and their work please click on Earth Bags, and to see the Certificate of Participation from the "Earth Day Bags" Founder, please click on Certificate.

= //2008 ART SHOW// = Our first annual **ART SHOW** had a nice turn out too! Special thanks to our principal, the organizers, the kids that donate their Artwork and to the teachers and parents who came and bid on their work. Art Show flyer.