What’s Happening

02/19/19 Parker Elementary

Energy Fact: Landfills are among the biggest contributors to soil pollution – roughly 80% of the items buried in landfills could be recycled. Energy Trivia: ISD 728 participates in “mixed recycling”. What does that mean? Send your guess to AnneA@Mckinstry.com for a chance to win a Caribou beverage.

02/11/19 Parker Elementary

Energy Fact: ISD 728 was awarded a grant from Sherburne County to purchase instructive labels for both waste and recycling containers in order to help our district promote proper recycling! Energy Trivia: What items from the cafeteria can be recycled? Send your guess to AnneA@Mckinstry.com for a chance to win a Caribou drink

02/01/19 Parker Elementary

Last Day to enter this week... Energy Fact: It’s Energy Week in ISD 728!! Simple tasks such as turning off computers, lights and electronics when not in use and closing your window coverings each night help reduce district energy waste! Energy Trivia: In the past 2 1/2 years, ISD 728 schools have decreased their use of electricity by what percentage? 14% 20% 9% Bonus Question: what is your school doing to celebrate Energy Week?? Send your guess to AnneA@McKinstry.com for a chance to win a Caribou drink!

01/17/19 Parker Elementary

Energy Fact: The United States throws away $11.4 billion worth of recyclable containers and packaging every year. Energy Trivia: Recycling just two aluminum cans save the same amount of energy it takes to power a _____ for a single workday. Send you guess to AnneA@McKinstry.com for a chance to win a Caribou drink!

01/07/19 Parker Elementary

Energy Fact: January is typically the most energy intensive month of the entire year! Energy Trivia: What are two ways that teachers and students can help reduce heat related energy waste in the building? Send your guess to AnneA@Mckinstry.com for a chance to win a Caribou drink!

12/21/18 Parker Elementary

Unplug this break and relax knowing you’re saving energy by unplugging and turning off lights before you leave your classroom today!

12/19/18 Parker Elementary

Remember that approximately 30% of energy used in schools occurs when they are unoccupied! It’s the easiest and most important time for us to reduce waste! Check that everything is unplugged in your classroom, window coverings are closed, and lights are turned off. Enjoy the break!

12/11/18 Parker Elementary

Energy Fact: An incandescent lightbulb converts just 9-10% of its energy to light while LEDs convert nearly 100 percent of the energy they consume as light. Energy Trivia: What form of energy is produced with the remaining 90% of energy in incandescent bulbs?

12/03/18 Parker Elementary

Energy Fact: Glass, like aluminum, is infinitely recyclable – without any loss in purity or quality. Energy Trivia: How many years does it take a glass bottle take to decompose?

11/28/18 Parker Elementary

Energy Fact: The energy used to create and distribute junk mail in the US for one day could heat 250,000 homes and increases our waste/recycling costs!! Energy Trivia: Name two methods to avoid receiving junk mail at work and home. Hint: Check out https://www.usa.gov/telemarketing Send your guess and the name of the building you work in to AnneA@Mckinstry.com for a chance to win a Caribou beverage! Congratulations to Lindsey Wiegman at Parker Elementary for her correct guess of 80,000,000,000 to the question: “ How many aluminum soda (pop) cans do Americans use each year?”