What Teachers and Students Are Saying About the Earth Balloon

What People Are Saying About the Earth Balloon!

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Just wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed having the Earth Balloon at our school today and yesterday. Both the students and children absolutely loved the program. John Bilotta did an outstanding job. Elizabeth Shelton School will be talking about the Earth Balloon program for a long time! - Karen O'Keefe, Elizabeth Shelton School, Shelton, CT

Thank you so much for coming to Westerly Hills A+ Academy and introducing the Earth Balloon to our students and staff. We all loved you being a part of our day. In addition, we'd like to thank Sam for his flexibility with time, space and temperature of the gym. We hope you had a great flight home and we hope to see you again next year. - Jane Bailey, Westerly Hills Elementary, Charlotte, NC

What a phenomenal experience this program was for everyone involved in any way! John was an excellent facilitator—personable, knowledgeable, flexible, patient, gracious, kind to young and old alike. He was able to roll with the punches as the unexpected arose. The Earth Balloon program was awesome and did provide a perspective of the planet we never experience despite “knowing about it.” Our students and visitors as well had positive comments—the news media was here and your website was publicized. Hopefully it will bring many more hits starting today and allow you to continue spreading ecological literacy for the survival of our home, the Planet Earth! Thank you for the many notes and responses we needed from you. You were so prompt and reassuring in all you provided for us. In a few days, we hope to send to you and John pictures, supplementary items we found helpful, and generally items we think might be of interest to you. - Judy Gruszka, Notre Dame School, St Louis, MO

The Earth Balloon was a huge success at our school! The students were very excited and our staff thought it was great! Justin Cross was an absolute pleasure to work with. He was very professional and worked with the children very well.

The Earth Balloon received some great PR while it was here. A local TV station was out on Tuesday to do a story. Then on Wednesday, Toledo Public Schools held a press conference at Old Orchard in support of an upcoming school levy. They filmed the press conference with the Earth Balloon as the background! It kind of threw our schedule off a tad, but Justin was very patient and got to "meet and greet" many important Toledo people. Our TPS Superintendent even went into the Earth Balloon to check it out!

Thank you very much for coming to our school. We have created some good memories for our children. - Nan Reny, Old Orchard Elementary PTA, Toledo, OH

Thank you very much for the "Earth Balloon Experience!" Our students and faculty were mesmerized by the size and visual stimuli. Justin Cross did an excellent job, - very informative and relates well to the students. Again, thank you for the wonderful program! - Leslie Wade, Middle School Association President, East Aurora Middle School, East Aurora, NY

I want to thank you for bringing the Earth Balloon to Kennedy Elementary again this year. Sam Greene was a joy to work with, the students loved him. We look forward to having you back next year for the 6th consecutive year! - Marilyn Sjotvedt, Kennedy Elementary, Wilmar, MN

On behalf of the staff and students of Margaret M. Pierce Elementary School, I would like to thank you on your recent visit with the Earth Balloon. This was truly an amazing and educational event for our school. Children from all grades are still talking about the program and using the information in their studies. The 1st graders made globes that are proudly hanging in their classroom and the 3rd graders are studying continents and their unique qualities. The other classes are using materials from the program for math, science and geography.

I have been contacted by several other schools in the county who are trying to obtain information about the Earth Balloon and I have forwarded your information to them and hope they get the opportunity to experience this wonderful program.

Thanks again and I wish you the best of luck with your future programs. I know we will be in touch for future visits. - Mary Lieb, PTO Pres., Margaret M. Pierce Elementary, Warrenton, VA

We're having such a wonderful time with this. The classes have been coming in one at a time throughout the day. It's such fun and fits in so well with our social studies SOLs. - Betty Putnam, Principal, M. M. Pierce Elementary, Warrenton, VA

The visual image inside for time zones was great! Why we have seasons, and night and day, was made very clear with the Earth Balloon. It was a great experience. - James Davidson, Teacher, Washington Elementary, Missouri

I liked seeing the big earth and learning about rain forests. - 2nd grade student, Indian Hill Elementary, Cincinnati, OH

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