This article was contributed by Andrea Kopp, NCEA Educational Resource Manager. Six NCEA member schools being supported by The NCEA Monarch Rescue Grant Project are wrapping up their 2nd year. Donor, Dr. Judith Wagner, a retired government researcher, generously funds this grant. Dr. Wagner is passionate about Monarch butterflies and wants to invest in the […]
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St. Joseph Catholic School Monarch Butterfly Rescue Grant Program May Update
This post was contributed by Ashley Davis, NCEA Monarch Grant Program Teacher Leader. It is May and we have started planting and transplanting in our garden! Before having Grace and going on maternity leave, I had the pleasure of meeting with a monarch pro. Her name is Kitty and she runs a huge monarch butterfly […]
Saint Margaret Mary Catholic School Monarch Butterfly Rescue Grant Program May Update
This post was contributed by Kate Rezac, NCEA Monarch Grant Program Teacher Leader. Our month has been filled with milkweed, muscles, and mulch as we prepare for the monarchs. Earth Day inspired us to spend time outside planting milkweed seeds and weeding the garden. We even created art inspired by our Monarch Meadow and took […]
Rosary Cathedral Catholic School Monarch Butterfly Rescue Grant Program May Update
This post was contributed by Connie Taylor, NCEA Monarch Grant Program Teacher Leader. A highlight this month was our first and second grade field trip to “The Butterfly House” in Whitehouse, Ohio. Students were able to interact with various kinds of butterflies in the indoor garden area, view a chrysalis exhibit showing numerous emerging […]
Sts. Peter & Paul School Monarch Butterfly Rescue Grant Program May Update
This post was contributed by Connie Lake and Deb Moffit, NCEA Monarch Grant Program Teacher Leaders. We had an exciting month of growth, not just with the plants, but with the expansion of the garden! We continued to have Citizen Scientist Tuesday to learn about new and exciting topics. Each month we try to incorporate […]
Saint Paul’s School Monarch Butterfly Rescue Grant Program May Update
This post was contributed by Ann Pfalzgraf, NCEA Monarch Grant Program Teacher Leader. It has been a busy month for us at St. Paul’s. This month has been mostly a wrap up for the nine seniors in the Environmental Science Class. We finished the final touches on the garden and maintained it by watering and […]
St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic School Monarch Butterfly Rescue Grant Program May Update
This post was contributed by Holly Rice, NCEA Monarch Grant Program Teacher Leader. We now have two completed gardens at St. Elizabeth! Our courtyard plants are showing a lot of growth during the first month since completion. The butterfly garden in front of the school has four varieties of milkweed and the plants had a […]
St. Joseph Catholic School Monarch Butterfly Rescue Grant Program April Update
This post was contributed by Ashley Davis, NCEA Monarch Grant Program Teacher Leader. We have continued our clean up efforts in our garden as we prepare for the monarchs. While working to prepare the garden, we also have started researching what attracts monarchs and we have made plans for how we will set up the […]
Rosary Cathedral Catholic School Monarch Butterfly Rescue Grant Program April Update
This post was contributed by Connie Taylor, NCEA Monarch Grant Program Teacher Leader The garden is once again covered in a light blanket of snow as of April 10th. I was honored to be asked to speak to a group of 50 diocesan teachers, at their L.I.F.E. (Learning in Faith-filled Environment) meeting, in regards to […]
Saint Margaret Mary Catholic School Monarch Butterfly Rescue Grant Program April Update
This post was contributed by Kate Rezac, NCEA Monarch Grant Program Teacher Leader. Pope Francis said, “Let us be protectors of God’s Plan inscribed in nature, protectors of one another and of the environment.” Our students, our families, our community are finding ways to be these protectors. For example, over spring break, one student and […]
