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The Primary School is recognized for its participation in the Fairchild Challenge

This year Primary students participated in the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Challenge. The
challenges focused on Florida's native habitats, gardening in space, and creating an eco-atlas about
the plants at our school.

First Grade students created their own brochure cover about South Florida s unique ecosystems and
illustrated their own space gardens. The Second Grade took part in designing gardens on spaceships
to serve the needs of astronauts. The Third Grade made observations about the plants on our campus
and recorded their data in a collective eco-atlas. They also constructed brochure
panels highlighting animals, plants, and natural features in a chosen ecosystem of
South Florida.

Third Grade's eco-atlas received a special award for, "engaging narrative." Third
Grade student, Monica Rodriguez and Montessori teacher, Barbara Clarke were
nominated and recognized as Environmental Role Models for our school.

Carrollton's Upper School wins the Silver Award in the Fairchild Challenge

This year's Upper School community participated in the Fairchild Challenge as follows: Mr. Guido
Mena, with his rendition of the flower from the cannonball tree, was awarded 2nd Place in the Educator
Challenge; Bettina Legorburu '22 and Mia Fernandez de Castro '22 researched and created a botanical
illustration of a plant from Fairchild's new living collection ; Debate students Olga Sofia Solares '22,
Lillian Cullen '22, Cherie Laroche '22, Victoria Estefarti '22, Emily Lawrence '22 and Carola Mato '22
researched a local environmental threat to the Everglades and created a policy proposal that could solve
the problem to the benefit of both people and plants; Biology students Sofia Erafia '22 and Lillian Cullen
'22 researched and created an infographic focusing on a South Florida ecosystem's interconnectivity;
Natalie Giustini '20, Caroline Culmo '20, Camille Deschapelles '22 and Dorothy Darden ' 19 competed
in the Environmental Debate Tournament; IB Design Technology students Andreina Macedo ' 19, Carolina
Perez' 19 and Samantha Perez' 19 created a new vegetable-based side dish designed for astronauts
in space and met the recipie standards of the NASA Johnson Space Center Food Lab; IB Design
Technology students Jimena Arguimbau '20, Sofia Chi '20, Nina Gallinar '20, Ana Jouvin '20, Andreina
Macedo' 19, Sabrina Mas '20, Haley McCarthy-Levy '20 and Daniela Rabbasa '20 developed a business
plan for an urban garden and created an infomercial pitching their ideas on how to grow food in urban
environments; Biology students Mia Fernandez de Castro '22, Sofie Morntensen '22, Madison Forrest '22,
Sydney Toledo '22 and Makayla Glenn '22 conducted a research experiment and presented their findings
to NASA scientists at the Growing beyond Earth Student Research Symposium; IB Environmental Systems
and Society class students Jimena Arguimbau '20, Camille Cabrera-Ramon '20, Alessandra Diamond '20
and Ana Jouvin '20 received 2nd place for their participation in the Million Orchid Project.