Deer Park Student Environmentalists Gave Back On Earth Day

DEER PARK, NY – Students in Deer Park School District were junior environmentalists while celebrating Earth Day on April 22.

John Quincy Adams Primary School (JQA) and May Moore Primary School students gave back to the earth with beautification efforts around their school campuses.

On April 19, Tanger Outlets representatives visited May Moore for an Earth Day assembly and tree-planting ceremony with students.

Over at JQA, the second-grade student council planted flowers front of the building with the help of SiteOne Landscape Supply who donated the flowers.

“We greatly appreciate SiteOne’s generous donation, time and effort in helping to beautify JQA,” Principal Christopher Molinelli said.

Prior to Earth Day, May Moore second graders in Kristen Lombardo’s music classes participated in a live Earth Day concert with environmental rap superhero, Mr. Eco.

They sang songs about recycling, compost and saving energy, played an earth trivia game, and danced along with Mr. Eco and his EcoHero friends.

Lastly, first graders in Erica Berdugo’s classroom at JQA worked on a “What Will My Bottle Become?” project. They used their imaginations and STEAM skills to create something new out of water bottles, making crafts such as Minion characters, flower vases, animals and piggy banks.

“My students learned the importance of ‘reusing’ for Earth Day while having a lot of fun in the process,” Berdugo said.