Derrick Nelson, 3, looks to his mother for help with some extra glue on his finger while working on a poster during Green Apple Day last month at Dr. Bessie Rhodes Magnet School in Evanston. | Brian O'Mahoney~For Sun-Times Media
Elizabeth Nelson and her 5-year-old, daughter, Maya, work on a poster during the recent Green Apple Day at Dr. Bessie Rhodes Magnet School in Evanston. | Brian O'Mahoney~For Sun-Times Media
Kim Disbrow and her 6-year-old daughter, Audrey, work on a poster during the Sept. 28 Green Apple Day at Dr. Bessie Rhodes Magnet School in Evanston. | Brian O'Mahoney~For Sun-Times Media
Audrey Disbrow, 6, works on a poster during the Sept. 28 Green Apple Day at Dr. Bessie Rhodes Magnet School in Evanston. | Brian O'Mahoney~For Sun-Times Media
Kylie Brodsky, 6, and her father, Stuart Brodsky, work on a poster during the Sept. 28 Green Apple Day at Dr. Bessie Rhodes Magnet School in Evanston. | Brian O'Mahoney~For Sun-Times Media
Oliver Thome, 6, works on a poster during the Sept. 28 Green Apple Day at Dr. Bessie Rhodes Magnet School in Evanston. | Brian O'Mahoney~For Sun-Times Media
EVANSTON — Parents and teachers gathered together after school Sept. 28 at Dr. Bessie Rhodes Magnet School in Skokie to help students create original artwork promoting environmental awareness for the first Green Apple Day of Service. Evanston/Skokie District 65 students drew colored and painted signs …