[Lapg] resource request for los angeles elementary school

[Joseph DeRusha]

I recently accepted a teaching position at Larchmont Charter. It is a
very open minded  public elementary school interested in trying new
approaches to teaching sustainability. They were very receptive to
bringing both math and PE into the garden as well as to many of the
community outreach ideas I know many of you have been working on.
Anyone with ideas for how these things could be taught in school or
with resources you believe would be of use please email me at
jderusha at gmail.com

Here are some of the resources that they are looking for:



GARDEN
Composter
Picnic table
Soil and amendments
Gardening tools
Child-sized garden furniture
Redwood to construct garden infrastructure
Outdoor bench seating (preferably with storage underneath)
Stepping stones, pavers, bark for walkways
Outdoor sink
Rain barrels to collect rainwater for re-use in the garden
Storage shed
Outdoor weatherprooof bulletin board

BOOKS
Social Studies/Science leveled readers (like the National Geographic series)
Dictionaries and atlases for the classrooms
Subscriptions (Class Sets): Time Kids, National Geographic for Kids,
or Scholastic News
Garden-themed children's books for K-6 plus garden reference books --
garden layout, bugs, flowers, birds, etc.

PAPER & SUPPLIES
Reams of paper (white, pastels & primary colors)
Paper of any kind
Student scissors (Fiskar)
Fancy edging scissors
Large edging scissors
Crayola Model Magic
Large black bound sketchbooks
Writing journals for kids with lines

ART SUPPLIES

wood scraps
fine point sharpies/black
sharpies/black
4 quarts modge podge
8 rolls artist tape/white
22 pencils
7 bottles liquid starch
3 rolls extra industrial tin foil
1 pack color fast non bleeding tissue 22x26
colorations activity paint/white
crayola colored pencils set of 240
50 sheets colored felt
35 sheets snow flake
real water color paper 12x 18 50 sheets
fire tip decor paint all colors
500 sheets tracing paper
20 white 12x18 tag boards
20 tacky glue
60 washable Elmer's glue
60 Elmer's glue sticks
1 box grand mas buttons (i lb)
1 box wiggly eyes (class room size0
6 pack of glitter canisters
super size sequin pack
3-d gem stickers
foam sheets
craft matchsticks
plastic craft modeling clay
clay cutter set
texture rolling pens
clay (50 lbs)
glazing supplies in quart size
a kiln
paint brushes
wood clay tools


TECH EQUIPMENT
LCD Projectors (4)
Document readers (4)
Scanner (4)
Digital Camera (20)
Photo printer
Overhead projectors (7-20)
Video cameras (10-20)