{"id":2574,"date":"2024-11-29T10:07:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T18:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alexanderrobinson\/?p=2574"},"modified":"2024-11-29T10:07:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T18:07:52","slug":"alexander-robinson-elementary-students-team-up-with-city-to-plant-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alexanderrobinson\/alexander-robinson-elementary-students-team-up-with-city-to-plant-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Robinson Elementary students team up with city to plant trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2575\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress1.blob.core.windows.net\/alexanderrobinsonnew\/2024\/11\/ARE-Tree-Planting-Drive.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" \/>Students at Alexander Robinson Elementary rolled up their sleeves last month to plant nearly a dozen trees next to the school as part of a planting drive with the City of Maple Ridge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really enjoyed having the kids help us! More hands make less work, even when the hands are tiny,\u201d said Malcolm McCulloch, the city\u2019s urban forestry supervisor. \u201cSeeing their smiles and how excited they were to help made our day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They planted three catalpas, three oaks, and three pagoda trees along the path in the park, as well as two elm trees next to the playground. Students from all grades participated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTree planting drives teach students about their role in our fight against climate change,\u201d said Ashish Dev, SD42 energy and environmental sustainability manager. \u201cIt also reminds students about the impact trees have in our lives on a daily basis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17950 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sd42.ca\/assets\/media\/ARE-Tree-Planting-1.jpg\" alt=\"Alexander Robinson Elementary students move soil with shovels as part of a tree planting drive.\" width=\"361\" height=\"271\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dev had approached the City of Maple Ridge back in June hoping to organize a planting drive in the fall, and it turned out McCulloch was already planning one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had already planned to plant 11 trees at Alexander Robinson Park through a BC Hydro regreening grant and thought it would be a perfect opportunity to include the students,\u201d McCulloch explained.<\/p>\n<p>The park had been identified as lacking canopy cover, and the goal was to plant more trees to provide shade for the heavily used pathway and playground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEngaging students with something hands-on like this creates ownership, and as they age in life, it becomes a positive memory that has a lasting impression,\u201d Dev said.<\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 22, the team got to work. McCulloch and his crew arrived early and began the planting process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were able to dig the holes and place the trees in the ground prior to the kids helping us \u2013 the root balls were extremely heavy,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>The students then helped transfer soil to the trees to complete the planting.<\/p>\n<p>When they were done, Dev handed out sustainability star stickers to thank them for their hard work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope the children can visit this site as they grow up and have pride when they see the trees mature and know that they made a difference in their community,\u201d McCulloch said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17949\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sd42.ca\/assets\/media\/ARE-Tree-Planting-3.jpg\" alt=\"Alexander Robinson Elementary students who participated in the tree planting drive take a group photo.\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students at Alexander Robinson Elementary rolled up their sleeves last month to plant nearly a dozen trees next to the school as part of a planting drive with the City [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":2575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alexanderrobinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alexanderrobinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alexanderrobinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alexanderrobinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alexanderrobinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2574"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alexanderrobinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2578,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alexanderrobinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574\/revisions\/2578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alexanderrobinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alexanderrobinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alexanderrobinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/alexanderrobinson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}