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Sneakers in the Landfill????
11/28/11 Rice Lake Elementary
Rice Lake Elementary is working hard with a program called Green Sneakers! Did you know that it can take anywhere from 50 - 1000 YEARS for a pair of sneakers (Tennis shoes) to break down in a landfull!?
Keep SNEAKERS OUT OF the landfill!
11/28/11 Rice Lake Elementary
Rice Lake will be collecting used, sneakers (Tennis shoes) and giving them a second chance at life by making them available as affordable footwear for people in need around the world!!
456 Pledges to Save Energy and our Planet
11/28/11 Centennial Elementary
Our 12-member power patrol visited every K-5 classroom during the past 3 weeks. They made Power Point presentations to help explain our role in using and saving energy to make our planet more sustainable.
Check out the FUN activities on the People Power Planet website!
11/28/11 Centennial Elementary
Teachers, students and families can participate in COOL games and activities on the PPP website. Just log on to www.peoplepowerplanet.com and enter Centennial Elementary School. Then have fun exploring!
Lake View Energy Audit
11/28/11 Lake View Elementary
The Lake View Power Patrol had an opportunity to meet with Glenn Bolt for an energy audit. Mr. Bolt showed students how to use a light meter to measure the light level in room. The school district standard for a classroom is 45-50 and we found out that sunlight can register over 2,000 on the light meter! Mr.Bolt made some energy saving recommendations for our school including closing classroom doors to keep the heat in and not using the set of overhead lights nearest the windows.
User Submission
11/22/11 Lincoln Elementary
Use LED lights anywhere that you can use. Get a grant to put in natural lighting for our school.
POWER PATROL PUTS UP CLASSROOM CHECKLISTS
11/18/11 Emerson Elementary
As of today, all classrooms have hanging by their lightswitch, a checklist, that can be gone over each day. One of the biggest changes our Staff has made is keeping doors closed. Our school, we learned last week, has a system that brings in fresh air from the outside. This air gets pushed through the boiler and that air comes through our high vents. Heat for our classrooms is also put out by steam in our radiators. Our halls are only heated by a few radiators. This means that, by design, our school is supposed to have cooler halls and warmer rooms. This only works if doors are closed.
Mrs. Pawelski’s Class Uses Reuseable Water Bottles
11/18/11 Emerson Elementary
"Our class loves our reusable aluminum water bottles! Every time we take a sip from them we feel like we are helping our environment!" On Fridays we are also going to start having the students each take the "Take Action Quiz" on the netbooks during Science!!!
Taking The Pledge
11/17/11 Falk Elementary
Come on Falk Falcons....let’s take the pledge.
User Submission
11/16/11 Randall Elementary
I recruited my family to wash our clothes in cold water instead of warm water.
