Category Archives: Garden Club

Airport Heights in the News

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Mr. Webb

The Airport Heights Hydroponic Basil Project is featured on “All Around ASD.” Check it out.

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Tomato Starts for Sale at Airport Heights

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Mr. Webb

Tomato Starts for Sale!       Ms. Becker’s 6th grade class is selling tomato starts we have grown from seed.  Varieties include Northern Delight, Subarctic-25, Grower’s Gold, Glacier, and the heirloom Abe Lincoln.  $5 each.  Stop by the school … Continue reading →

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Airport Heights in the News

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Mr. Webb

Update: You can see the segment on Alaska Bites. Thanks to Channel 2 News for coming out to the school yesterday to report on our 6th Grade Hydroponics Project and our partnership with Table 6 Restaurant in Anchorage. This a … Continue reading →

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Hydroponic Garden Brings Flavor to Airport Heights

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Mr. Webb

While our students and staff were on break over the last two weeks, our hydroponic garden was still at work and the basil looks terrific! The seeds were started back in September and now we’re ready to use some of … Continue reading →

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Garden Club Applies Science

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Mr. Webb

The Garden Club went from harvesting vegetables last week, to discovering more about plant structures and seeds this week. The kids pulled apart flowers and made some drawings of what they saw:

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Airport Heights School Garden Feeds the Community

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Mr. Webb

Mrs. Jasper’s 2nd grade and Mr. Simpson’s 4th/5th grade classes harvested vegetables from the Airport Heights school garden.  Ms. Becker’s 6th grade class helped their 2nd grade buddies weigh our donation to Bean’s Cafe:  19 pounds of potatoes and 15 … Continue reading →

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An Apple (Tree) for the Teacher

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Mr. Webb

The Airport Heights PTA was so thrilled with Ms. Mullenbach’s BP Teacher of Excellence Award, that they decided to get her an apple tree. Since Ms. Mullenbach doesn’t have room for a tree at her home, she gave the tree … Continue reading →

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FREE Dirt– Going, going, gone!

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Mr. Webb

We’ve got some left over top soil from our Garden Club activities this Spring. If you need some dirt, help yourself. Free to a good home while it lasts… The dirt is all gone. Thanks.

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Thank You Garden Club Donors

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Mr. Webb

The Garden Club was busy at the end of the school year!  We had about three weeks after the snow melted.  Students built two new raised beds and planted potatoes, sunflower seeds and gladiolas.  The two other raised beds will … Continue reading →

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