{"id":241927,"date":"2026-04-22T15:19:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/241927\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:19:15","slug":"pinellas-virtual-school-students-celebrate-earth-day-with-tree-planting-project-at-patti-johnson-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/241927\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinellas Virtual School students celebrate Earth Day with tree-planting project at Patti Johnson Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/xhhl6yd05ow68fh1.jpg\" alt=\"Students plant trees in honor of Earth Day\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/video\/fmc-02b8fupn669j3vn1\" data-v-4292be72=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Students plant trees in honor of Earth Day<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-4292be72=\"\">Pinellas County virtual school students are stepping into the sun to help plants trees for Earth Day. FOX 13&#8217;s Heather Healy talks about the importance of their mission.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">PINELLAS PARK, Fla. &#8211; For this year\u2019s Earth Day, one high school senior is looking to help benefit Patti Johnson Farm in a big way.<\/p>\n<p>   Planting Trees for Earth Day <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Matthew Hyer is a high school senior who is part of the virtual school&#8217;s Climate Action Club. Through his work as a member of the National Honor Society, he applied for a student service grant from the National Association of Secondary School Principals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vlcsnap-2026-04-22-10h13m56s962.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The NASSP&#8217;s student service grant program is a new initiative designed to empower student leaders to create and lead impactful service projects in their communities. Matthew&#8217;s submission was granted $1,000. This money went towards more trees and plants for the Patti Johnson Farm staff for this Earth Day initiative.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">More than 60 students and staff planted a variety of trees and plants around the farm, which will provide greenery, shade, and even produce some food.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vlcsnap-2026-04-22-10h14m12s939.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Volunteers say this will draw more visitors to the Patti Johnson Farm more often.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">You can find more information on the farm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinellas-park.com\/1810\/Patti-Johnson-Farm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Sources for this article were gathered by performing live interviews and by a press release from the City of Pinellas Park.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pinellas\/pinellas-park\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pinellas Park<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/environment\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Environment<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Students plant trees in honor of Earth Day Pinellas County virtual school students are stepping into the sun&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1563,47,115,1157,4226,202,204,203,199,201,200,628],"class_list":{"0":"post-241927","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-pinellas","12":"tag-pinellas-park","13":"tag-st-pete","14":"tag-st-pete-headlines","15":"tag-st-pete-news","16":"tag-st-petersburg","17":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","18":"tag-st-petersburg-news","19":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}