Post Sandy Clean up

The BHSEC campus was hit hard by the giant storm and subsequent flooding that was "Sandy". We were biting our nails waiting for news about the garden after the storm hit. To our relief, we received word days later that somehow the garden made it through the storm relatively unscathed.
   Although our garden was in decent shape, the rest of the school didn't fair as well. The gym and the cafeteria were both under water, the entire first floor had to be pumped dry and cleaned ultra-throughly. Filthy storm water reached several feet up the school walls and left a scum that had to be scraped off and the outdoor wooden benches needed to be sanded and re-stained.
   The mighty Kristi Powell organized a very successful clean up day last Saturday. Parents, students and loyal members of the BHSEC community showed up to clean, scrape, paint, weed, transplant, build and actively show their support for the school.
  A huge heart felt THANK YOU goes out to all of those who helped!

Parent volunteers assembling our new garden cart 

The most root-bound plant most of us had seen, we wished we had a chainsaw. 

Zana, our garden club president

Kristi Powell, Principal Dr. Lerner and parent volunteers with the finished product 

With the help of some handy parents we were able to construct our rat-proof bed cover prototype!
We can't wait to put it to use! 

Teacher, Tess Diamond wheels away the debris and compost from the day.