Root-Pike WIN secures grant from SC Johnson to establish a pollinator patch at Bose Elementary | Local News
The Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network announced that it has received a grant from SC Johnson to support the Pollinator Patch Program at Bose Elementary School in Kenosha.
The $ 5,600 grant will be used to fund the design and installation of a 1,000 square foot pollinator field on the grounds of Bose Elementary School, 1900 15th Street. This field will be a living, outdoor classroom, providing educational opportunities for more than 400 Bose students, right outside their classroom doors. This project is slated to begin in March 2022 and includes coordinating, preparing the site, planting and working with Bose educators to implement the curriculum.
UW-Madison scientists are using smartphone technology and crowdsourcing data to help fruit and vegetable growers harness the work of wild bees.
Pollination fields offer a multitude of benefits for the ecosystem, from rainwater infiltration and the reintroduction of indigenous habitats to the relief of urban heat islands. These patches create an essential habitat necessary for the survival of the critically endangered Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, as well as many other native pollinators.
The Pollinator patch program aims to address underserved areas of the Root-Pike Basin, Root-Pike WIN officials said. Each patch offers a variety of educational opportunities for students, faculty, and neighbors to learn about and connect with healthy and resilient living spaces. This program also serves the local community by providing a diverse and functional green space in the neighborhood.
People also read …
Expressed gratitude
Program Manager Nan Calvert expressed her gratitude for receiving this generous scholarship from SC Johnson.
Calvert
“Root-Pike WIN is grateful to SC Johnson for their support of the Pollinator Patch Program. If this project comes to fruition, the result will be a vital, living legacy that improves, strengthens and supports the resilience to climate change and the quality of life of this underserved Kenosha community, ”said Calvert. “Our hope, our goal, is that the students at Bose and the people of this neighborhood will see this project as a valuable feature in their neighborhood.”
Susan Mozinski, headmistress at Bose, said she hopes the project will inspire the next generation of environmentalists and make Bose a flagship for other schools to look out for and emulate.
Mozinski
“With the guidance from Root-Pike WIN, I am confident that we can make this a reality,” said Mozinski.
Mozinski and Wendy Tindall, Regional Primary School Coordinator, issued a joint statement expressing their willingness to partner with Root-Pike WIN and share this educational experience “through the many unique opportunities this project offers” into their student community bring in.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service has stated that the American bumblebee may need to be classified as an endangered species. The number of bumblebees in the US has decreased by 89% over the past 20 years. This is due to habitat destruction, pesticides and climate change. The bee has now completely disappeared from eight states in the northeast. The American bumblebee is currently not protected by any state or federal Endangered Species Act. However, the US Fish and Wildlife Service says the inclusion of the bee as an endangered species “may be justified”. Experts say the loss of the bee would have “significant consequences for entire ecosystems and plant production”
“Under the guidance of our student guides, we look forward to accessing the Pollinator patch program in a variety of ways, and we look forward to seeing where this partnership takes us in the future,” the statement said.
IN PHOTOS: Bose Elementary School’s new sign sheds light on Emily Lauer’s legacy
Bose Elementary School Sign Donation
Marilyn and David Lauer pose in front of the new electronic news sign at Bose Elementary Friday, sponsored by a grant from the Emily K. Lauer Memorial Fund. Emily was the Lauers’ oldest child, who died of ovarian cancer in 2003.
The new sign for the Bose Elementary School
David and Marilyn Lauer receive flowers from students during a dedication ceremony on Friday, May 7, 2021, of the Bose Elementary School’s new electronic sign, funded by a grant from the Emily K. Lauer Memorial Fund.
PETE WICKLUND, Kenosha News
The new sign for the Bose Elementary School
Vinny Edmark, left, thanks his friends after seeing his grandparents Marilyn and David Lauer on behalf of Bose Elementary School during a dedication ceremony on Friday the 7th through a scholarship from the Emily K. Lauer Memorial Fund.
PETE WICKLUND, Kenosha News
The new sign for the Bose Elementary School
Bose Elementary School students deliver a thank you message to Marilyn and David Lauer, standing right, for the Bose Elementary School’s new electronic sign, funded by an Emily K. Lauer scholarship, during an inauguration ceremony on Friday, May 7, 2021 became a memorial fund.
PETE WICKLUND, Kenosha News
Bose Elementary School’s new sign
David Lauer will thank students and faculty members for the Bose Elementary School’s new electronic sign, funded by a grant from the Emily K. Lauer Memorial Fund, during a dedication ceremony on Friday, May 7, 2021. To Lauer’s left are school secretary Cassie Marquisse and Lauer’s wife Marilyn.
PETE WICKLUND, Kenosha News
Bose Elementary School Sign Donation
Bose elementary school students show thanks to David and Marilyn Lauer during a Friday morning inauguration of the school’s new electronic message sign, funded by a grant from the Emily K. Lauer Memorial Fund.
PETE WICKLUND Photos, Kenosha News
Bose Elementary School Sign Donation
Susan Mozinski, Principal of Bose Elementary School, from left, fourth graders Kanyla Lloyd, Ivan Skeets and Vinny Edmark, pose with Marilyn and David Lauer in front of the new electronic news sign, funded by a grant from the Emily K. Lauer Memorial Fund. Emily was the Lauers’ oldest child, who died of ovarian cancer in 2003.
PETE WICKLUND, Kenosha News
The new sign for the Bose Elementary School
Marilyn and David Lauer visit Clinton “Mac” MacKenzie, the main supervisor of the Bose Elementary. Mac helped the Lauers with the logistics of installing the new electronic message sign at the school.
PETE WICKLUND, Kenosha News
Emily Lauer
Emily Lauer
Emily Lauer
Emily Lauer retained a sense of beauty and grace even after she lost her hair during chemotherapy. The 1996 graduate of Bradford High School and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee graduate died in March 2003 at the age of 24 after a seven month battle with ovarian cancer.
Submitted photo
Subscribe to our Daily Headlines newsletter.
Comments are closed.