Crestwood Elementary
Madison Metropolitan School District
Madison, WI
The mission of Crestwood Elementary School is to provide each child with the attitudes, knowledge, and skills for becoming a lifelong learner through an environment that values curiosity, challenge, cooperation, creative and critical thinking, sensitivity and respect.
Progress Snapshot
Power Points
0%
earned by taking action
Energy Savings
-2%
saved in your schoolCarbon Savings
24
metric tons of carbon saved in your schoolTotal Pledges
0
people pledged this year(641 total) to cut energy and waste
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Learning about Conserving Water
05/22/14 Crestwood Elementary
Third graders at Crestwood have been learning about the importance of water in our world. Students are doing math with our rain barrel as part of their current volume and capacity unit. They are working together to decide what data they want to collect and will begin collecting soon. Let’s hope for rain!
Prairie Garden - third grade
05/14/14 Crestwood Elementary
Third graders at Crestwood are planting a burr oak tree for our prairie garden project. We study the prairie in third grade and are excited to have a garden to visit and learn about a variety of prairie plants.
Third Graders Learn about Caring for the World
05/07/14 Crestwood Elementary
Third graders have been learning about ways to help the world during their literacy block! They have been reading text cards about organizations and people that help the world. They are learning a lot!
Earth Day Celebration
04/24/14 Crestwood Elementary
Crestwood celebrated Earth Day by singing songs and listening to an Arbor Day play. Students also watched Mr. House climb a tree in our woods and put up an owl nest. It was a great day!
Kilowatt Kisses
02/13/14 Crestwood Elementary
Third graders in Mrs. Kennedy’s class delivered a different kind of valentine this year - kilowatt kisses. To earn one, teachers and classes around the school had to explain ways they save energy in their classrooms each day. Way to go Crestwood!!!
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Rainbarrel Inquiry
05/22/14 Crestwood Elementary
The third grade team gathers outside to learn about our rainbarrel and decide what kind of data we hope to collect.
Tree planting
05/14/14 Crestwood Elementary
Third graders help plant a tree for our new prairie garden
Tree Climbing
04/24/14 Crestwood Elementary
Mr. House is putting an owl basket in our woods in the hopes that it will attract an owl!
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Rain Barrel Math
05/22/14 Crestwood Elementary
Third graders are talking together about data collection.
Mr. House helps us plant a tree
05/14/14 Crestwood Elementary
Third graders at Crestwood plant a burr oak tree in their new prairie garden!
Earth Day Assembly
04/24/14 Crestwood Elementary
Singing about tapping trees for syrup.
