A visit with Christine Ahearn Teacher receives CSL leadership award

Conley School teacher Christine Ahearn recently received the Community Service Learning Teacher Leadership award at the Massachusetts Annual Statewide Service-Learning Conference held at the College of Holy Cross. The Express had a chance to sit down with Ahearn and discuss some of the community service projects the Conley School has been working on. What is your role as the CSL teacher at the Conley School. I work as part of a team with Charlene Sullivan, Donna Green and Assistant Principal Mike Boyce and we manage the Community Service Learning Club here at the Conley School. What community service project has Conley School focused on this year. This year the CSL students are focused on cultivating service-learning in an intergenerational Community garden.

How to Build an Aero Garden

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A visit with Christine Ahearn Teacher receives CSL leadership award

1. SUNDAY AGAINST BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WILL HELP IT aerogrow aerogarden: I like the AeroGarden, but the seed kits price $20 each.
2. Burpee seeds and Burpee planters were used to keep the process as environmentally friendly as possible. What are you plans for the spring garden?
3. "We have even grown and ate our own sunflower seeds and last year we made salsa out of our produce." Most of the students said they also have gardens at