Kate Kloss - Principal, Dan Rain, Harriet Jaffe, Mike Klugman and I (Leslie Trosset), have put together some fun green activities at Elsmere School in honor of Earth Day, Wed. April 22nd.
We've planned a variety of week-long activities and guest speakers, including:
- New Capri Sun, Kool-Aid, Honest Tea Drink Pouch recycling program that earns Elsmere's PTA 2 cents per pouch collected. Checkout www.terracycle.net.
- Lunch trash daily weigh-in. We'll weigh the lunch trash everyday and see if through recycling, not wasting food, and using re-usable containers will help reduce waste.
- Planting a strawberry bed with Dan Rain.
- Green "Spirit" Day - wear green, eco-friendly shirts, organic shirts, earth shirts, etc.
- A visit from Enviroman - our very own Middle School Asst. Principal Mark Warford will speak about the environment.
- A visit from a wildlife rehabilitator.
- A visit from Cornell's 4H who will bring their energy bike - pedal to see how much energy it takes to light a regular lightbulb vs. a Compact Florescent (CFL).
- A visit from Sharon Fisher - our town's recycling coordinator, who will discuss recycling.
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