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BUSY BEES Campus is Buzzing with Parent Volunteers
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APA’s Garden Committee members certainly aren’t afraid of getting their hands dirty. Chaired by parents Marcia Zwieg and Kiki Ide, the committee spends many hours during the fall and spring planting tulip and daffodil bulbs and other varieties of flowers that bloom throughout the year. They are responsible for transforming the courtyard near the Eberstadt Room into a lovely outdoor sanctuary where students and faculty read and study. Committee members also decorate for Homecoming with gourds and mums at the school’s front entrance, and always have colorful flowers blooming at graduation. Additionally, NAPA’s Garden Committee was instrumental in initiating the organic vegetable garden that sprouted up this spring in the courtyard outside the arts wing. Members spent time last fall preparing the beds and planted early spring vegetables and herbs that can be harvested by June and used in the NA kitchen! The goal is for this project to be a “community garden” in which NA faculty, staff, students and NAPA will work together.
... the committee spends many hours during the fall and spring planting tulip and daffodil bulbs and other varieties of flowers that bloom throughout the year.
RED & BLACK WENT GREEN NAPA Paid Tribute to the Planet
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he Newark Academy Parents Association celebrated the planet and supported the school at the “Red & Black Goes Green” gala event on February 11, 2012. Nearly 350 parents, faculty, alumni and friends attended the event held at the Park Avenue Club in Florham Park. The elegant affair featured a menu of local, organic foods and decorations that truly complemented the green theme. Months before the event, NAPA sent a “Save the Date” card, which was the only hard copy mailing and was printed on recycled paper. To remind families about the upcoming event and announce the e-mail invitation, free samples of
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green dishwashing tablets were handed out to parents at drop off. Ticket purchases were managed online, avoiding the need for mailing the invitation, as well as the need for a response form or card, and eliminating mailed checks; all transactions were performed online via the secure website interface. This year, guests tried their hand at something new as the “go green” theme included a paperless bidding system, Bidpal. Gone are the days of paper and pencils as these Smartphone devices enabled guests to bid on their favorite items without ever leaving the conversation, providing them with details of each auction item,
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