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School leaders cut the ceremonial ribbon on Monday morning.
By Michael V. Cusenza
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Dozens of families, elected officials, and other community leaders turned out to see the finished green space.
PS/MS 146 students, family, faculty, administrators and staff joined area elected officials and community leaders on Monday for the ceremonial ribbon-cutting to unveil The Howard Beach School’s sparkling new Outdoor Learning Center and Gratitude Garden.
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Councilwoman Ariola called PS/MS 146’s new Outdoor Learning Center and Gratitude Garden “a beautiful addition to one of our community schools.”
“We are so proud of this beautiful outdoor space that we created for our school community,” School Sustainability Coordinator Jodi Tucci said. “Our amazing Principal Danielle Cross had a vision and a wish. And we helped make this wish come true with a lot of hard work and donations from friends and family. We worked before school and after school we called on our friends to lend a helping hand.
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Students enjoy the new part of their school.
“We know that our Mayor Eric Adams has a citywide initiative to focus on sustainability in the NYC public school system,” Tucci continued. “We hope we inspire other teachers at their schools to create this type of outdoor learning space for their schools. With a little love and a lot of hard work they can do it.”
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Kids play in the Outdoor Learning Center
City Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) added, “The Outdoor Learning Center and Gratitude Garden at PS 146 is a beautiful addition to one of our community schools. Cheers to the garden team and Principal Cross on a job well done. It is my honor to be able to allocate $10,000 for the next school year to maintain and add to this amazing project.”
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Councilwoman Ariola said she was able to allocate $10,000 “for the next school year to maintain and add to this amazing project.”
