Our Refill and Reuse campaign from 2018 continues to cut down on the use of disposable plastic water bottles. October 2019 577 students involved
September 2019-Kindergarten Recycled Marker Project- All kindergarten classes were participating. ( 95 students involved) After instruction about the importance of recycling in all kindergarten classes, the students created boxes for collection of used markers. The markers will be sent to Crayola to be recycled. Students placed marker collection boxes in the art room, teacher's lounges, and copier rooms. Nov. 2019, All kindergarten students were involved with this project for a total of 95 students.
December 2019-4th Grade Plastic Recycling Project (63 students)
December 2019-4th Grade Plastic Recycling Project (63 students)
In a recycling unit about plastic, our 4th grade students learned that plastic
waste products can take up to 400 years to decompose in landfills and that plastic straws choke sea birds and injure sea turtles. The students decided they could work on a plastic recycling project at school and decided to target a collection of the small juice cups the students receive for breakfast. After the students began collecting juice cups, the plastic recycling project grew into collecting plastic water bottles, cereal bowls and any other plastic products the classes wanted to recycle. The students have a rotating schedule for visiting classrooms in the building daily to collect plastic cereal containers, juice cups, and any other recyclable plastics. They sort the items and decide how they can reuse them
before emptying the plastics into the school recycling bins in the back of the building. Some of these students also stay after school twice a month to work on
projects that can be made out of the plastics the students decide to reuse. The after school group of students has become "The student Green team and consists of between 25 to 40 students that meet twice a month. From December 2019 to March 2020, our 4th grade students collected and recycled 480 pounds of plastic.
In a recycling unit about plastic, our 4th grade students learned that plastic
waste products can take up to 400 years to decompose in landfills and that plastic straws choke sea birds and injure sea turtles. The students decided they could work on a plastic recycling project at school and decided to target a collection of the small juice cups the students receive for breakfast. After the students began collecting juice cups, the plastic recycling project grew into collecting plastic water bottles, cereal bowls and any other plastic products the classes wanted to recycle. The students have a rotating schedule for visiting classrooms in the building daily to collect plastic cereal containers, juice cups, and any other recyclable plastics. They sort the items and decide how they can reuse them
before emptying the plastics into the school recycling bins in the back of the building. Some of these students also stay after school twice a month to work on
projects that can be made out of the plastics the students decide to reuse. The after school group of students has become "The student Green team and consists of between 25 to 40 students that meet twice a month. From December 2019 to March 2020, our 4th grade students collected and recycled 480 pounds of plastic.
Waste Free Lunch- (March 2020 63 students involved)
As our 4th grade students continue to learn more about recycling they decided to initiate Pemberton's first waste free lunch. Students started by talking to our cafeteria staff about working with them to set a date to have a school wide waste free lunch day. They even convinced our cafeteria staff not to put out straws for students to use on our waste free lunch day. A letter was sent out to parents and an electronic phone reminder was sent out by our principal to alert all Pemberton families to the importance of finding ways to reduce the amount of plastic we use at lunch so less plastic winds up in our landfills. Families were encouraged to pack lunches with cloth napkins, bring beverages in a thermos, or a recyclable container, use stainless steel straws and use reusable utensils rather than plastic.
As our 4th grade students continue to learn more about recycling they decided to initiate Pemberton's first waste free lunch. Students started by talking to our cafeteria staff about working with them to set a date to have a school wide waste free lunch day. They even convinced our cafeteria staff not to put out straws for students to use on our waste free lunch day. A letter was sent out to parents and an electronic phone reminder was sent out by our principal to alert all Pemberton families to the importance of finding ways to reduce the amount of plastic we use at lunch so less plastic winds up in our landfills. Families were encouraged to pack lunches with cloth napkins, bring beverages in a thermos, or a recyclable container, use stainless steel straws and use reusable utensils rather than plastic.
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