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Eco Club |
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Eco Club is an activity that is open to all 3rd 4th and 5th grade students at Douglass Elementary. The club has existed for many years at Douglass. We were one of the first schools to achieve the GREEN STAR status. This means that we “go the extra mile” to compost as well as recycle at our school. Also, we try to cut down on the paper used at school, and we try to avoid using lots of brightly colored paper. Students in Eco Club have a variety of responsibilities. They make classroom presentations to encourage recycling, they collect recycling in areas other than classrooms, they encourage recycling in the cafeteria, they help with school wide “special recycling” efforts and they participate in the end of year “Classroom Cleanout”. Each year the club takes a field trip to Western Disposal and the Eco Cycle Plant to learn more about composting and recycling.
Each school year we focus on a new project or two. During the 2008-09 school year, we hope to accomplish two things. First, we’d like to see plastic ware replace paper goods for most school parties. This goal was accomplished with the aid of PTO in December 2008. Second, we hope to raise enough money with “special” recycling….cell phones, ink cartridges, CD’s, etc., to purchase a tree for our new playground. We collected $45 in our first round….so we’re well on our way! |
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