Harrow Pears - This Week's Healthy Snack! Pears provide lots of vitamin C which helps build strong muscles, blood vessels, bones, and teeth. Pears are high in fiber which keeps you satisfied longer. Pears are ready to eat when they lighten in color and gain a blush to their skin. Harrow pears are super sweet, similar to sickle pears. One medium pear is about 100 calories.
Brookeside Montessori Preschool students harvested the final vegetables of the season from our school garden. The students put the tomatoes, potatoes, and green beans in a crockpot. Classroom teachers brought tomatillos, spinach, and green onions from their home kitchen gardens to make a really yummy vegetable soup. Just in time for fall, our soup is an annual Brookeside Montessori tradition!
The Brookeside Montessori staff coordinated outfits to be a rainbow of fruit. We had apples, a pineapple, an orange, lemons, grapes, a kiwi, and a strawberry. Delicious!
We surpassed our goal of $4,000 for the Amazing Raise Campaign. The TriCounty Community Network just informed us this week what our total amount is with the matched funds, almost $6,500!
The foundation, through the support of Waste Management, announced the donation of $7,000 of scholarship money to the families of Berks County. Scholarship funds are made possible through Pennsylvania's Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program. Ms. Crystal Davis posed in a photo with Mr. Brian Furhman from Waste Management, Senator Bob Mensch, and Representative David Maloney.
