Growing for Good 2024

Today, our field trip to Mill Creek Urban was unfortunately canceled due to weather, but that gave us the opportunity to fill our day with fun activities. We started our day by walking up to Main Street to Moore Bagels, where we enjoyed a delicious breakfast and fun conversation. After that, we returned to...

Today, Growing for Good hopped on the bus bright and early for a visit to Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. We started with a tour by one of the staff, who taught us about the history of the land, which was once inhabited and cared for by the Lenni Lenape, an Indigenous people...

On our third day of Growing For Good, we visited the Novick Urban Farm, located at historic Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia. We met with our guide, Erin, and learned about the history of the Novick Farms. We learned about how Philadelphia is becoming more and more urban and how Novick Farms strives to make...

Slideshow photos by Ailsa Moriuchi ’11. On the first day of 2024 Growing For Good Intensive Learning, the Upper Schoolers joined with the fifth graders to do service at both Swedes Run and the Esther Yanai Preserve Trail. At Swedes Run, we split into two groups: one group carried and spread mulch to the...