Fourth grade students decided to partner with "The Crayon Initiative" to collect broken crayons to be sent away to be made into new crayons. These new crayons are donated to children during their stay at hospitals. Ms. Burn's fourth grade class collected recycled containers and decorated them to be put into each classroom to collect crayons.
Waste-Free Lunch Throughout the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years, the school community worked together to eliminate waste during lunch. Parents were notified through Class Dojo as well as a school messenger phone call. Students shared the importance of minimizing lunch waste and gave ideas for packing a waste free lunch on our daily announcements. Each grade level worked to pack their lunch in reusable containers and silverware, and use cloth napkins. The cafeteria manger worked to eliminate any plastic during those lunch days and food was served on reusable trays. Waste free lunches occurred monthly but many students continued to use reusable containers on a regular basis.
Students Monitor and Track Single Use Plastic Bottles Saved
Since a water bottle station has been installed in our school in December of 2021, students from the green team have been tracking how many water bottles have been saved. On a monthly basis, student leaders record the number on the reusable water filling station and subtract the difference from the previous month to record on a graph. They print the graph and hang it above the station so other students can notice the impact they are making by refilling their reusable water bottle. Green Team Refilling Station Data Chart
Schoolwide Reusable Water Bottle Initiative
In addition to tracking the water bottles saved at our water station, students take the initiative to use reusable water bottles in our school. FIS reusable water bottles were handed out to students to help support this effort. This was celebrated in a school wide assembly in 2019, in which students took part in a variety of activities including decorating their water bottles, and participating in a recycling relay.