{"id":25802,"date":"2025-12-02T09:52:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/sustainability\/?p=25802"},"modified":"2025-12-03T10:36:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T16:36:50","slug":"sustainability-spotlight-ashlee-hendricks-and-sarah-phillips-at-maxey-elementary-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/sustainability\/2025\/12\/02\/sustainability-spotlight-ashlee-hendricks-and-sarah-phillips-at-maxey-elementary-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability Spotlight: Ashlee Hendricks and Sarah Phillips at Maxey Elementary School"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25802\" class=\"elementor elementor-25802\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-635088c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"635088c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5cfd307\" data-id=\"5cfd307\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd1c836 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fd1c836\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sustainability Spotlight: Ashlee Hendricks and Sarah Phillips at Maxey Elementary School\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-434f291 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"434f291\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-514fab4 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>December 2, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ada0cf1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ada0cf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">December&#8217;s Sustainability Spotlight is shining on Ashlee Hendricks and Sarah Phillips, two passionate parents at Maxey Elementary School! Hendricks and Phillips volunteer for the Maxey PTO and have taken the lead on garden restoration projects at Maxey this fall.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2fe3050 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2fe3050\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1fdba27\" data-id=\"1fdba27\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-052dcc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"052dcc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hendricks got the idea to start renovating the garden after noticing that the courtyard area at Maxey was underutilized, limiting the potential for outdoor learning. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She felt it was important for all Maxey students to have a safe, accessible outdoor space to learn and actively experience nature. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She quickly recruited Phillips, and the pair started work on renovating the courtyard and garden to improve access for both students and teachers. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neither Hendricks nor Phillips had any prior gardening experience before starting work on the Maxey garden, but that didn&#8217;t stop them from creating a space for students to thrive and connect with their environment and peers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff9939e elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"ff9939e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\"Being outside or creating a garden space doesn't have to be some humongous undertaking to start. I think that even if you only have a couple square feet, there's still value in being out and being in the dirt and having kids interact with plants, you don't have to have a green thumb.\u201d\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Sarah Phillips<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e5b390d\" data-id=\"e5b390d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1a4b71 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b1a4b71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25844\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/sustainability\/2025\/12\/02\/sustainability-spotlight-ashlee-hendricks-and-sarah-phillips-at-maxey-elementary-school\/ashlee-sarah-ashlee-hendricks-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/home.lps.org\/sustainability\/files\/2025\/11\/Ashlee-Sarah-Ashlee-Hendricks-1-e1764608902420.jpeg?fit=1365%2C1683&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1365,1683\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS Rebel T7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1755661072&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ashlee &#038; 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Sarah &#8211; Ashlee Hendricks (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ashlee Hendricks (left) and Sarah Phillips (right) at a Garden Club meeting&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/home.lps.org\/sustainability\/files\/2025\/11\/Ashlee-Sarah-Ashlee-Hendricks-1-e1764608902420.jpeg?fit=243%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/home.lps.org\/sustainability\/files\/2025\/11\/Ashlee-Sarah-Ashlee-Hendricks-1-e1764608902420.jpeg?fit=831%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Ashlee Hendricks (left) and Sarah Phillips (right) at a Garden Club meeting<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-028d491 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"028d491\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fddbc5c\" data-id=\"fddbc5c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e36079c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e36079c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hendricks and Phillips place a strong emphasis on inclusivity and community in Garden Club. They invite students of all ages and backgrounds to participate in monthly garden meetings and have had an impressive 43 students take part in gardening activities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The heart of what we want the Garden Club to be is that everybody matters. Every color matters,&#8221; Hendricks said. &#8220;We get to plant that, we can make those choices, we can include, and we can work hard, or we can create something for the future by doing something now.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8744d7c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8744d7c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e5256a5\" data-id=\"e5256a5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a77e07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a77e07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In just a few months, the garden has successfully provided the outdoor experiences Hendricks and Philips set out to create.<\/p><p>Monthly club meetings have included plant scavenger hunts, monarch observations and making entries in personalized outdoor journals.<\/p><p>&#8220;When you have these hands-on experiences where you&#8217;re out in the dirt and work very tactile, very hands on, I think that just sticks in kids brains in a different way,&#8221; Phillips said.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the club planted over 400 bulbs in their garden and around their school. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students paired the planting with a poster celebrating how their differences make their school more beautiful.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hendricks and Phillips said they are proudest of the community they&#8217;ve created at Maxey. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phillips observed that over the months, students have become more comfortable with the outdoor space, the creatures they encounter and each other.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-735087d\" data-id=\"735087d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcf62d7 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"bcf62d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f874d95 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f874d95\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2813976\" data-id=\"2813976\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bc4a73 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"4bc4a73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\"Any sense of community that we can create within our schools is so valuable. That is what I think holds us together. It's as simple as knowing that we've got we've got a friend here and people who can help us.\" \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Ashlee Hendricks<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e85bfa7 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e85bfa7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35650db\" data-id=\"35650db\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2cc561 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f2cc561\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the future, Hendricks and Phillips would like to continue work on Maxey&#8217;s garden and landscaping and eventually hope to have an area that is accessible to the community. They plan to use funds the club earns through the Green Schools Recognition Program to help make this possible. By focusing on student leadership and participation, they say, the club and garden will thrive far into the future.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They hope that other schools and parents can learn from their example, that you don&#8217;t have to be a garden expert or have grand plans to get a garden and community going. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;If our experience has taught us anything, it&#8217;s that there&#8217;s a lot more people than you might think that are interested in nature and being outside and being part of something,&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Phillips explained.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38272a2 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"38272a2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c9af2bc\" data-id=\"c9af2bc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1811d9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1811d9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hendricks and Phillips have shown that big community changes can happen with small steps, teamwork, a pair of gloves, and a just little bit of elbow grease. 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