A Shining School Spotlight: The Peck School
Hello, gardeners! Today, we are excited to highlight an incredibly remarkable school in our brand new School Spotlight! We are excited to feature The Peck School in Morristown, NJ. Last week, it was a great pleasure to present our #PullYourWeeds® Assembly to their K-4 students in their Lower School. This opportunity blossomed last spring when a wonderful friend introduced us to Ms. Ashley Tabor, Head of The Lower School, during a collaborative meeting where we discussed how You Are a Gardener® could help nurture seeds of empathy and kindness among their students.
The Peck School features a stunning campus characterized by beautiful historical architecture. Founded in 1893, this coeducational independent school places a strong emphasis on character development, which truly resonates throughout their entire community—from their students and educators to their administration. It was a tremendous honor to present at such an outstanding school!
We developed a new and customized presentation exclusively for The Peck School, and the response was overwhelmingly positive- see reviews below!
Here are some highlights from the #PullYourWeeds® Assembly at The Peck School:
All 187 students at The Peck Lower School collected a record-breaking 11 Gardening Tool Badges in only 30 minutes, a first in the history of our #PullYourWeeds® assemblies. (See their record breaking Collector's Sheet below!)
We reconnected with Gardener Franny, a student at the Peck School, whom we met during a previous assembly at the Rainbow Montessori School two years ago when she was in preschool! She made a point to reintroduce herself at the end of the assembly.
We received encouraging and positive feedback from Ms. Ashley Tabor, Head of The Lower School, and Karen Wasserman, the School’s Psychologist (see below)
Each student received a Gardener’s Gratitude Journal with a challenge to write down 3-5 things they are grateful for each day until their journals are full. (Gratitude is also a wonderfully helpful Gardening Tool we explored during the assembly.)
All students took home a "You Are a Gardener" newsletter packet filled with fun resources and activities to help continue the program at home!
The Peck Lower School received a private weblink with a wealth of resources, activities, links, visual aids, and more to help keep The You are a Gardener® mindset growing in the classroom.
At the assembly's conclusion, Ms. Tabor recognized a couple of students for their acts of kindness in their school's ‘Lift Ticket’ initiative, which celebrates kindness, empathy and doing the right thing by highlighting students who perform these wonderful acts. (See our Lift Ticket for The Peck School’s students below.)
Custom Gardener Gratitude Journals & Take Home Materials For The Peck School Students
Gardener Shana's Lift Ticket For The Students at The Peck School:
“Thank you to the students at The Peck Lower School for being so welcoming and kind to me during The #PullYourWeeds® assembly. You were active listeners, and I appreciated your enthusiasm and respect throughout the presentation. I am incredibly thankful to have shared this with you, and I can't wait to see how it grows!
Thank you once again, and remember, gardeners, Pull Your Weeds!
~Gardener Shanna
“Thank you for your presentation last week. We received wonderful feedback. I wanted to share that when I walked into a classroom on Friday, the students had made origami foxes and decorated their "Consideration of Others" board with them. You made a significant impact, and I look forward to discussing more with you in the future.” ~ Ms. Ashley Tabor, Head of The Lower School at The Peck School.
“Thank you again for your time and expertise. The presentation and information were exciting, and I know it will be referenced often. We all appreciate it here at Peck.” ~ Ms. Karen Wasserman, Lower School Psychologist at The Peck School
Overall, we are incredibly grateful for this connection at The Peck School. We thank everyone who helped this initiative take root and eagerly anticipate watching it grow!
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