The Sustainable School

The Sustainable School — page 1
To Jay Liv and Grace for our past present and future E.F. To my grandmother Kathleen Hyslop with memories of her one-room schoolhouse on Manitoulin Island S.R. Acknowledgments First to my family Loretta Fyvie Peter Fyvie and Nicole Fyvie and also Marzipan and Clover To my grade school in Manhattan P.S. 158 which was built in 1898 and served as an inspiration for Birch Elementary Public School To my then Grade 6 student readers Naio Martin and Casy Miller for reading an early draft and giving insightful and helpful feedback To Molly Peacock for teaching me so much about a writing life To all of my friends for their love and support I want to list them here but cannot because of space To everyone who contributed their intelligence artistic vision design expertise professional support and kindness to this book Jay Liv and Grace Lilley for everything always Kids Can Press gratefully acknowledges that the land on which our office is located is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit the Anishnabeg the Chippewa the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat Peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations Inuit and Métis Peoples We thank the Government of Ontario through Ontario Creates and the Ontario Arts Council the Canada Council for the Arts and the Government of Canada for their financial support of our publishing activity