The Saranac Lake Free Library is inviting all homeschoolers in the region of the Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System to create art pieces for a special “Junk to Funk” art show where every piece will be made of recycled/reused materials.

Our goal is to bring attention to the waste we create as individuals hoping it will help change our outlook and attitude toward Junk!

June is also Paddle Month in Saranac Lake, so any creation linked to water and watersports is encouraged!

When: Pieces will be on display from June 05-July 08, **with a reception party on June 16 from 3-5pm!

All pieces must be brought to the Saranac Lake Free Library by Thursday, June 1st, 2023.

Set-up: Saturday, June 03

Break Down and pick up your pieces on: July 10&11

VIC ski tomorrow! We’ll meet around 10:30am to ski and play some games afterward. Bring a lunch if you’re able to stay because, at 12 noon, there will be a Climate Club meeting, and some parents have decided to do a mini-book swap. Even if you don’t have anything to swap, come take books/games/magazines/puzzles.

Lots of snow in the forecast for tomorrow (3/14/23) for Saranac Lake. The current total overnight and throughout the day is 9″. Please do not drive to Dewey Mountain in Saranac Lake if the conditions are bad. We can always have Pi Day celebrations another day! My family will most likely still go to Dewey at 10am, but our drive is only a couple miles to get there. If you have to drive any distance and the conditions do turn out to be bad, please do not come.

Meet these Clean Water Specialists. Try their interactive exhibits 11AM-3 PM on March 18th at Champlain Centre Mall in Plattsburgh NY:

Adirondack Watershed Institute of Paul Smith’s College

Ausable River Association

Boquet River Association – BRASS

Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Network

Clinton County Health Department

Clinton County Historical Association

Clinton County Soil & Water Conservation District

Cornell Cooperative Extension 4H

Cornell Cooperative Extension Nutrition

CWICNY – Champlain Watershed Improvement Coalition of New York

Essex County Soil & Water Conservation District

Friends of the Saranac River Trail

Lake Champlain Basin Program

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

Lake Champlain Sea Grant

NY Citizen Advisory Committee

NYS DEC Aquatic Invasive Species Team

Point Au Roche Nature Center

SUNY Plattsburgh – Center for Earth and Environmental Science

Warren County Soil & Water Conservation District

William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute

https://facebook.com/events/s/world-water-day-2023/1283203209290663/

On Tuesday, March 14th our homeschool ski day will NOT be at the VIC because they have special event. We will be meeting at DEWEY MOUNTAIN REC CENTER in Saranac Lake instead. 10am – 1pm.

Address: 238 George H Lapan Memorial Hwy, Saranac Lake, NY 12983

It will be Pi Day, so we will be sharing take-out pizza from Nona Fina (chip in a few bucks, please) and homemade pies!

Please join us for the first North Country Climate Club meeting on Tuesday, March 21st at 12pm at Paul Smith’s VIC (after homeschool ski). Grades K-12th are welcome to attend. This will be a student led meeting but parents can hang out in the main room of the lodge. This will be an intro meeting of sorts and will last approximately one hour. Future dates/times/locations are among the topics to be discussed. Refreshments will be provided.

Links to the North Country Climate Club FB group and Instagram are below.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1238615843537046/?ref=share_group_link

https://instagram.com/northcountryclimateclub?igshid=MjkzY2Y1YTY=

New York News Publishers Association’s Law Day 2023 Essay Prompt: Explain how the U.S. Constitution supports equal rights and social justice in our country. What role do civics, civility and collaboration, and access to accurate sources of news and information play? Deadline for Entries: All entries must be received by Friday, March 24, 2023. There is a $200 award for the best entry per geographic area of New York State – Long Island, New York City, Eastern New York, Central New York and Western New York. The results of our Law Day 2023 current events interest survey are in. With an 11% margin over all other interest categories, student respondents indicated that social justice and equal rights are the most important to them. The promised essay contest is therefore focusing on that topic and ties in the other elements of accurate news access and the law.  Please note, winning entries could be published (in print or online) in NYNPA member newspapers with attribution (Name and Town of the student). Winners will be strongly encouraged to participate in a public forum to share their entries and take part in a moderated student virtual discussion panel sometime in late April or early May. If unavailable for the panel discussion, arrangements will be made to obtain a pre-recorded segment to be aired during the live event. (Details TBD).   Additional curriculum materials based on the 2023 theme of Law Day – “Cornerstones of Democracy: Civics, Civility and Collaboration” – will be created and shared through member newspapers and on the NYNPA website (www.nynpa.com/nie.html).   Every participant is encouraged to submit their essay entry electronically via the following link: https://forms.gle/ax5g6VZZVpef8Kts6        However, entries may be completed by sending all necessary information via email to lawdaynynpa@gmail.com  or by mailing paper entries to: Law Day 2023 Civics Essay, c/o New York Newspapers Foundation, 252 Hudson Avenue, Albany, NY 12210-1802 Deadline for Entries: All entries must be received by Friday, March 24, 2023.

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