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Government Hill Elementary

The 6th Grade Green Team

  • gov hill Government Hill Elementary became a certified ASD Green School in October 2018. The 6th-grade Spanish Immersion students at Government Hill, with the help of their teacher Mike Cragen,  oversee and run the recycling program at the school. The students have developed a unique recycling protocol where they collect, sort, provide recycling feedback to classrooms, and take the recycling to the recycling roll-off. The 6th-grade students have done an outstanding job at creating a program that generates ownership and education while promoting sustainability and waste reduction. Great Job Government Hill!

About Green Team

  • Green Team Name:  6th Grade Green Team
    Team Members: 6th Grade Students
    Sponsor: Mike Cragen 

     

  • 6th grade Spanish Immersion students at Government Hill oversee and run our school-wide recycling efforts. Each week they collect all paper recycling, sort through recycling to eliminate contamination, provide written feedback to classes, choose a weekly Green Star Award winner, and write/read a recycling announcement over the intercom.

Sustainability Plan and Goals

  • At Government Hill, our goals are to further reduce contamination in our recycling and generate more school-wide recycling education. We plan on reaching our goals by:

    • Communicating with classrooms what is not allowed in the recycling bin
    • Continue enforcing our recycling slip systems
    • Collect recycling data and post it on our recycling bulletin board
    • Create school-wide incentives to promote our contamination reduction campaign
    • Host an earth day event to raise awareness towards recycling and waste reduction

Green Team Results and Data

  • Stay tuned for WCS data!
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