5th Grade Environment Club delivers books to Gordon Parks School

Lunch time Monday November 2 the PH 5th Grade Environment Club loaded up Principle Barry White's truck with a boxes full of books they had collected and then delivered them to Gordon Parks Elementary School. Thanks to Language Arts teacher, Amy Velder and parent drivers: Reed Hickock, Bethany Humphries and Jonathan Chester most of the 15  club members were able to make trip. This charter school on Wyoming St off 39th St. draws its 225 students from all over the inner Kansas City.  Named after the famous African American photographer, artist, musician and filmmaker Gordon Parks who was born and buried in Fort Scott, Kansas the school has only been going for 10 years. While the beautiful old school building was very impressive, the eye opener for Pembroke students was the raised vegetable garden beds the Gordon Parks students tend and then they learn to cook from the produce they have grown.

The schools Executive Director, Lynne Beachner, explained the Gordon Parks program to the club members and that the books would be distributed to families rather than go to the school library.