Project Acorn: Ridgewood High School Students Launch District-Wide Environmental Movement
photo courtesy of the Village of Ridgewood
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Ridgewood NJ, A student-led green movement is taking root across the Ridgewood Public School District. Yuna Kim, a passionate junior at Ridgewood High School, is spearheading an innovative environmental initiative aimed at restoring the town’s local canopy and educating the next generation of ecological stewards.
With the vital backing of the Ridgewood Shade Tree Commission, Kim is collaborating with RHS seniors Kiehye Song and Juyoung Lee to bring hands-on environmental education directly into local classrooms.
What is Project Acorn? Fighting Invasive Species with Oak Trees
The core mission of the student-led program is simple yet powerful: combat the spread of destructive invasive species by reintroducing vital native flora back into the Bergen County ecosystem.
Kim, Song, and Lee are visiting various schools throughout the Village of Ridgewood to teach younger students about:
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The threat of invasive species: How non-native plants disrupt local wildlife habitats and choke out native greenery.
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The power of native biodiversity: Why indigenous plants, like the mighty oak, are crucial for sustaining local birds, insects, and healthy soil.
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Hands-on conservation: Engaging students directly by having them plant local acorns that will eventually grow into magnificent oak trees to shade the town.
Expanding Across the Ridgewood Public School District
The environmental initiative officially kicked off at Benjamin Franklin Middle School (BFMS), where enthusiastic students successfully planted approximately 50 acorns.
Following the success of the middle school launch, “Project Acorn” is rapidly expanding. The high school mentors are now bringing the curriculum to the young minds at Hawes Elementary School and Travell Elementary School, with explicit plans to scale the program across every public school in the Village.
By turning local school grounds into mini-nurseries, these RHS students are ensuring that Ridgewood’s legacy as a lush, tree-lined community continues for generations to come.
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AKA “Project Future Left Wing Environmentalist Wacko Storm Troopers”.
As the NJEA indoctrination mill grinds on.
Is this why they are planting oak trees under the power lines around town?
Exactly. So they can just cut them all down again. These are not exactly the left wing stormtroopers the guy above is looking for.
It’s too bad they didn’t get involved with recording the contaminated soil. They brought over the highway to the west road in route 17.
Too bad Ridgewood High School Students didn’t Launch its District-Wide Environmental Movement over at the Schedler property! Could have been a great learning opportunity and they could have replanted all the trees the fake environmentalists just clear cut!