Winter 2024/25 Grounds Maintenance and Projects

Pick up trash where you see it! Left behnd belongings, including jackets and water bottles, should be placed near the back school entrance for staff to include in the lost-and-found. Kids can help with this, too!

Remove weeds in the garden beds in the front of the school, around the building perimeter, and along the fencelines along NE 14th and NE Thompson. This includes cutting back the shrubs that grow along the fenceline. This can be done any time outside of school hours (after 3pm on weekdays and on the weekends) during the month stated. You'll need to bring your own tools (gloves, clippers, etc.). Weeds and clippings can be placed in the green waste bins which are stored near the community garden or the trash dumpsters (please don't put green waste in the regular trash cans). Kids can help with this, too!

Remove weeds in the front field around the dragon sculpture and surrounding areas, especially the thistle that grows in the grass. Also remove weeds within and around the community garden. This can be done any time outside of school hours (after 3pm on weekdays and on the weekends) during the month stated. You'll need to bring your own tools (gloves, clippers, etc.). Weeds and clippings can be placed in the green waste bins which are stored near the community garden or the trash dumpsters (please don't put green waste in the regular trash cans). Kids can help with this, too!

Remove weeds along the gravel path that goes around the soccer field and the front field all the way back to the path edge. This can be done any time outside of school hours (after 3pm on weekdays and on the weekends) during the month stated. You'll need to bring your own tools (gloves, hoe, rake, shovel, etc.). Weeds and clippings can be placed in the green waste bins which are stored near the community garden or the trash dumpsters (please don't put green waste in the regular trash cans). Kids can help with this, too!

Remove weeds within and around the three playground areas as well as the blacktop cracks. This can be done any time outside of school hours (after 3pm on weekdays and on the weekends) during the month stated. You'll need to bring your own tools (gloves, etc.). Weeds and clippings can be placed in the green waste bins which are stored near the community garden or the trash dumpsters (please don't put green waste in the regular trash cans). Kids can help with this, too!

Are you good with tools and love to put things together? The PTA purchased a message board to communicate with the school community which now needs to be assembled and installed. We will contact you with more information upon signing up.

The school has a bench that is too long for the existing concrete pad. The pad needs to be expanded such that the bench can be installed. We will contact you with more information upon signing up.

The grounds committee needs a secure location to store equipment, including the riding mower. We are looking for a volunteer to spearhead this project, leading a team of folks to help assemble and install a shed and connect it to the existing solar battery system. We will contact you with more information upon signing up.

The patch of grass between the path and the fence on the south side of the sports field is difficult to mow. We would like the grass removed and shrubs or trees planted. We will contact you with more information upon signing up.

It is difficult to mow around trees, and we would like the grass area immediately around tree trunks to be replaced with bark chips. We will contact you with more information upon signing up.

No off-leash dogs are allowed on campus, and no dogs are allowed on the sports fields. Existing signage is ineffective in communicating rules around dog access to campus. Working with the school administration, new signage needs to be installed around campus entrances, fields, and play areas. We will contact you with more information upon signing up.