Nature club is the convergence of nature lovers, from various departments to promote, monitor and operate the environmental and sustainable activities in the society, starting from any level with the novel objectives of facilitating the skill development for environmental protection, promoting environment stewardship and strong emotional health.

To raise environmental awareness
To inspire students to conserve and protect natural resources,
To enhance human wellbeing through teaching sustainable agriculture, horticulture and environmental stewardship to our students.
To promote knowledge of nature

We model how to live, work, and play in such a way that enhances, sustains, and conserves our environment.

It is known that green surroundings promote physical and emotional well being as well as help to develop  environmentally conscious citizens. However, the urban community continues to have a deficit of green environmental practices in education for our youth. We have identified an opportunity to improve such at Orange Preparatory Academy. Our Nature Club projects proposes a solution to the following:

-Unsightly area surrounding side and rear of school property.
-Opportunity to increase fresh air and emotional wellness for staff and students.
-Overgrown & unoccupied spaces may pose safety risk to Orange Prep Community.
-Organic waste from school grounds (cafeteria included) is adding to the burden of the landfills, solution: Reduce-Reuse-Recycle with future leaders.

Gardening helps youth to  learn to plan and organize. (Rodgers , 2018). It is an opportunity for teachers to chat with students about environmental issues, research, and planning. Gardening also leads to improved emotional and physical well being (Thompson R, 2018). Evidence implies reduced stress levels as a result of participating in gardening projects among youth and adults (Koay & Dillon, 2020).

Together We Can Love, Teach, & Inspire by:
Getting our children involved and interested in gardening, agriculture, and horticulture (a foundation for future career pathway).
Giving our children their own garden space.
Involving our students in the planning and design of the garden.
Encouraging our children to “dig in the dirt” and develop an appreciation for nature.
Providing Cross Curriculum Nature Club Activities, which promotes a sense of belonging, a sense of community, and accountability.

-We will develop nature projects and implement them as a team
-We will Celebrate World Environment Day
-We will Celebrate World Earth Day
-We will Beautify the hall ways in our school with nature.
-We will create a school garden.
-We will create a garden composter and recycle the organic waste from our cafeteria and school lawn clearings.
-We will clean the school environment and plant flowers and trees, and perform other community services.
-We will Bring nature inside.
-We will plant stuff in a garden or small pots.
-We will conduct scientific research about plants, gardening, and horticulture and publish our works.
-We will build a natural playground in our classroom.
-We will create a nature scavenger hunt together.
-We will paint a big mural or draw a picture outside on a sunny day.
-We will collect shovels, trowels, buckets and take them outside.
-We will prune plants both inside and outside.
-We will decorate plant pots and exhibit them
-We will compete in science fairs
-We will market plants to raise funds for our nature club.
-We will explore nature quotes and write our own nature quotes, poems, videos, and songs.
-We will develop our nature club You-Tube channel and promote it.
-Cleaning the fish tank
-Planting seeds
-Encouraging each other
-Sharing Nature idea
-More community services, as we decide together as a team

-Membership is Optional
-Community Service 5 Credit Toward Graduation.
-Meeting time is After School (Mondays-Wednesdays) @ 3.10pm-3.30pm (i.e. 20 Minutes Flexible Meeting/Activity time, subject to change with advance notice).
-You do not have to attend every meeting but you need at least 12 attendance annually for course completion with certificate and 5 points community hours toward graduation.
-It is your responsibility to record your attendance (each meeting that you attend) in the Google Forms Attendance Sheet, posted in The OPA Nature Club Google Classroom. The date that you filled the attendance form is automatically recorded to avoid cheating.

We are proud to partner with you in our school environment care and look forward to a fun and memorable moment with you.