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​June 2026: ​

• End of School Year Clean Out at Lu Sutton Elementary
• ​Rancho Family Garden Work Day and Community Meetings
• Hamilton Garden Work Days, Breaking lots of ground with The Hills Church
• Final SMS watershed lessons of the year
• Last day of school! 
• Starting our summer watering and garden support schedule
• Garden Harvest Days at Pleasant Valley and Olive Elementary

​May 2026: 

• Ceilidh’s fellow-led event greening the front of Loma Verde with Girls on the Run
• Work days with Stefan at the bioswale
• Volunteer days at the Pleasant Valley Food Garden, the Hamilton Garden, and the Rancho Family Garden
• Duxbury Reef Field Trip!
• Walk and roll days and Earth month prizes for our winning schools (including a compost craze dance party)! 
• ​NUSD Gratitude Event for community partners on 5/12
• Tabling at the School Fuel Community Fair and the Clean Energy Expo

​April 2026: Earth Month! ​

• Fellows led 4 Earth month competitions between seven schools! ​​​
• SMS partnered with Recology, MCSTOPPP, and CNPS to give presentations on watershed health, zero waste systems, and native plants
• Fellows led watershed lessons and activities with funding from the Rose Foundation and San Francisco Baykeeper
• Morgan hosted a Garden Educator Get Together
• SMS held work days at Lynwood, Hamilton, and the Rancho Family Garden
• Fellows presented a poster about the Loma Verde Bioswale at the North Bay Watershed Association Conference
• SMS hosted Listos CA emergency preparedness sessions in Spanish at Lu Sutton, Olive, Lynwood, and San Ramón

​March 2026:

• Ten Strands & CalRecycle Tour
• Leading emergency preparedness workshops in English and Spanish at Loma Verde, Lu Sutton, and Rancho
• Teaching food waste lessons with Ms. Robles' fifth graders at Rancho Elementary
• Junior botany classes with educator Mimi Wagoner-Reddick during the YMCA afterschool programs at Lynwood and Hamilton each week
• Work days at the Loma Verde bioswale, Pleasant Valley food garden, the Rancho courtyard and family garden, and the One Hamilton Garden​

February 2026:

• SRTS Volunteer Luncheon
• Building New Rancho Family Garden 
• Lynwood Work Day
• Pleasant Valley Work Day
• Screen printing SMS Shirts
• Hamilton Invasive Scotch Broom Removal
• Loma Verde Bioswale Work Days
• CCAC Midterm Retreat​
• ​California Native Plant Society Conference

January 2026:

• Building Benches at The Shop
• Planning for Hamilton Outdoor Learning Space
• Loma Verde Bioswale Work Days
• Visit from FARE / County of Marin Parks
• Olive Elementary Volunteer Day & Invasive Removal
• Emergency Preparedness Meeting for Hamilton TK-8
• Green team litter cleanups and watershed education

Fall 2025 Highlights

• Five new CCAC Fellows and Garden Coordinator Morgan Smith join the SMS team!
• Breaking ground on a bioswale at Loma Verde
• Building Pleasant Valley's Food Garden
• Lu Sutton Clean & Green Volunteer Day
• Working with One Hamilton to make a pollinator meadow using milkweed from Xerces Society
• Leading waste training lessons at the schools, green team activities, and compost monitor raffles
• Participating in a one-week Walking School Bus event sponsored by Clean Air Day California and Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day