TPS Students Celebrate Earth Day at TU

MEDIA ADVISORY

What:              Tulsa Public Schools students celebrate Earth Day at the University of Tulsa

When:             Friday, April 21, 2017, 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Where:            University of Tulsa, Harwell Field, S. Gary Place/E. 5th Place 

Contact:          Emma Garrett Nelson at 918-202-6956 or garreem@tulsaschools.org

TULSA, Okla. – On Friday, April 21, 2017, approximately 1,500 students in pre-kindergarten through second grade will participate in the fourth annual Tulsa Earth Day celebration on Harwell Field at the University of Tulsa. The event will focus on outdoor hands-on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) learning programs and activities.

This annual celebration was started by Tulsa Public Schools parent Katherine Anderson, pre-kindergarten teacher Patty Eaton, and community member Annie Tyndall at the suggestion of Katherine’s then-five-year-old son. This event is designed to:

·         promote civic engagement and mobilizing the Tulsa community by working with partner organizations to provide opportunities to build community relationships and become active in the environment;

·         implement environmental education programs to engage students to solve local environmental issues;

·         inspire students to become environmental leaders through awareness at an early age; strengthen the environmental community in schools;

·         build understanding of the benefits of clean water, energy conservation, endangered animals, recycling, waste management and sustainable healthy food; and 

·         provide a fun way to celebrate Earth Day. 

  

Event Schedule

9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Shift one: Lanier, Kendall Whittier, Remington, Lee, and Emerson elementary schools

11:00 - 11:30 a.m.       

Lunch for students in shifts one and two

11:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Shift two: Mark Twain, Cooper, Owen, Chouteau, Lee, and Sequoyah elementary schools, Zarrow International School, and Mayo Demonstration Academy