News From Sunnyside Environmental School (SES)

Hello neighbors!

You are all cordially invited to SES’s Harvest Fair on Saturday, October 26th from 3-6 p.m. at SES’s campus (enter on the blacktop). Harvest Fair is SES’s annual celebration of autumn, harvest, and community—including you, our neighborhood community. Admission to the event is free, but you will need carnival tickets to purchase food, drink, or to participate in the many exciting activities. Carnival tickets may be purchased with cash, check, or card at the event.

Activities include (but are by no means limited to):

The Magical Cookie Palace: Greet  Mother or Father Autumn and browse an entire room of cookies, choosing one to devour.

The Hay Bales of Mystery: Children of all ages are invited to dig through hay bales to discover small toys hidden within. 

Teacher Plunge: Step up to the line, hit the target with a ball and a teacher gets dunked! Alumni, come dunk your favorite teacher!

Baked Goodies Boogie: Walk or dance along a path of numbered squares to music. Whoever is standing on the winning number when the music stops gets a cake or other confection of their choice!

We will also have face painting, a contest to guess the weight of locally-grown pumpkins, and a variety of carnival games hosted by our marvelous middle schoolers.

Our annual Community Meal, provided by a local restaurant, will be served in the cafeteria. Hot dogs, sausages, fresh pressed hot apple cider, and our famous granola, made by SES’s 5th graders, will also be available for sale. All food and drink must be purchased with carnival tickets.

We hope to see you there!

Can’t attend the Harvest Fair, but would still like to help us make it a success? We always need small toys for our Hay Bales of Mystery. If you have small, clean, unbroken toys around your house (something a child might bring home in a birthday gift bag), we would love to hide them in hay for kids to dig around for. Donations may be placed in the box labeled “SES Harvest Fair” on the top of the stairs at 2425 SE Taylor St. by October 22nd. If you enjoy baking, we would also welcome donations of home baked cookies or cakes for our Magical Cookie Palace and Baked Goodies Boogie. If you are interested in donating baked goods, please contact our PTSA at [email protected].

Have questions about SES? Email [email protected] and maybe I’ll answer them in a future column!

Valerie Kahn