Sargent School Teams Up With NAWT For Clean-Up

As part of the Building Respectful Communities and R.A.I.S.E initiatives (Respect, Achievement, Inclusion, Service, and Empathy), students at the Annie L. Sargent Elementary School were asked to show Respect for their school by giving Service to it.  On Saturday, April 27, over 25 scouts, students, and parents showed up to clear away what the long winter left behind and beautify the school grounds. 

Participants picked up litter and sticks, cleaned and mulched gardens, swept and shoveled debris from driveways and parking lots, and cleared brush from the school’s Woodland Study Area (a forested area adjacent to the school used as an outdoor classroom to supplement science curriculum).

This year's clean-up also included the planting 20 native shrubs which will attract a variety of birds and butterflies for students and teachers to enjoy and study. The shrubs were donated by the North Andover Wildlife Team (NAWT) as part of a larger effort to certify the town with the National Wildlife Federation as a Community Habitat. For more information about the plants and how the NAWT can help you support biodiversity in your backyard, please contact James McCarthy at jamesmccarthy87@gmail.com.

Local businesses also contributed to the cleanup effort including Peter Breen and Sudbury Taylor Rental.