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GREEN TREE SCHOOL Last Updated:03/08/2007

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	October 2006 October 27th is Johnny Appleseed Day June 2006 Listen to Radio Interview Tree Tops Now Available Online May 2006 Parents Attend Open House at Lower and Upper Schools View film: Autism Every Day Green Tree School Receives Proceeds from the 3^rd Annual Elaine Cardonick Memorial Golf Tournament April 2006 AWARE: Autism Walk for Awareness, Resources, and Education February 2006 Black History Celebration November 2005 NBC 10 Weather	October 27th is Johnny Appleseed Day October 27th is Johnny Appleseed Day for the Lower School. All Classes will participate in a special Language Arts Thematic Unit celebrating the human triumph of Johnny Appleseed. Students will read the story of "John Chapman, A Gentle Hero". Students will also research the agricultural uses of apples in North America; and learn facts about all of the states where Mr. Chapman planted and harvested apples. Our fantastic finale will be the celebration of John Appleseed Day at Linvilla Orchards. This will be a very, very special Goal Party day. Parents, please encourage your child to focus on what it takes to earn points and to remain on level. Students must be on level to attend. We hope that all of our students meet this very special goal. Listen to Radio Interview: 94 FM WYSP Radio Interview June 2006, Dr. Herman Axelrod Speaks About Educating Students With Serious Emotional Disturbance. (Click here to listen.) Tree Tops Now Available Online For the first time there is a beta version of the Green Tree School Internal Publication, "Tree Tops" available in an online version. To access the publication now, click here. This is an experimental format and is a work-in-progress. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Please send comments or questions to: webmaster@greentreeschool.org *Please note that Tree Tops is only available to staff of Green Tree School due to privacy considerations.* Parents attend Open House at Lower and Upper Schools We are very happy to report that the 'Open House' on Wednesday March 22, 2006 was a resounding success. In some classrooms, every child was represented by a parent, grandparent or guardian. The children and staff worked very hard to make sure that there was plenty of great stuff to see. There were slide shows, poster-boards, music, art projects, and even a live demonstration of African dancing. Every available space was filled with all of the incredible work that the students have done this year. The event was topped off by a luncheon of lasagna, meatballs, and homemade banana bread, prepared by the students in the upper school food service program. A special thank you to all of the staff at both schools who came in early and stayed late, working tirelessly to make sure that every student's presentation was the best that it could be. View new film: Autism Every Day m Autism Every Day is a new film produced by Lauren Thierry and Jim Watkins of October Group and Eric Solomon of Milestone Video. The film was screened at A New Decade for Autism, a fundraising event held May 9, 2006 in New York City, and subsequently broadcast by Don Imus on his show on MSNBC. Click here to view film. Green Tree School Receives Proceeds from the 3^rd Annual Elaine Cardonick Memorial Golf Tournament The tournament, established by Jason Cardonick to honor the memory of his late mother Elaine, took place on May 1, 2006 at Deerwood Country Club in Mt. Holly, New Jersey. At the time of her death in 2001, Elaine Cardonick was a special education teacher at Loesche Elementary School in Northeast Philadelphia. She was a dedicated and compassionate teacher of students with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Not content to just teach her students by day she often went to their homes after school hours to provide respite care for the families. Jason had chosen Green Tree School as the beneficiary of this year’s tournament because we are working to establish just such a program. At the end of the tournament, a ceremonial check for $10,000.00 was presented to Herman and Beverly. AWARE: Autism Walk for Awareness, Resources, and Education On April 2, 2006, Green Tree School participated in AWARE. Over $600 was raised. The team included a number of staff members from all the schools and Administration, as well as their family and friends. Green Tree also had a booth available for interested persons to learn more about Green Tree. Black History Celebration Upper School students presented their research of Black History. From power points presentations to music and dance performances, the students put on an outstanding show. NBC 10 Weather NBC 10 meteorologist, Doug Kammerer, gave an interesting and informative presentation to the Upper School students.