Poly Prep’s 8th annual Prospect Park Cleanup took place on a gorgeous day in November 2019, and brought out the best in our students. The children raked and filled hundreds of bags of leaves—some of which were taller than they were—for composting. They also made sure to enjoy some irresistible leaf pile-jumping before finishing the cleanup!

Their families joined them for the raking, the bag-stuffing, and some well deserved hot chocolate, and several members of the Upper School Service Board pitched in.

The annual event, which began in response to the damage done to the park during SuperStorm Sandy in 2012, is hosted by Lower School’s first grade class as a community service project.