What’s Happening

04/12/21 Maple View Middle

Throughout March we worked on a presentation about conserving energy and the different types of energy that we harvest- nuclear, wind, water, solar, etc. We then discussed the pros and cons for each. Our presentation taught our students about the benefits of clean energy, how to conserve energy, and be thoughtful of our planet.

04/12/21 Maple View Middle

We are working hard on Earth Week. Each day we will post something on our school wide google classroom page. On Monday we will post a survey and ask students to submit pictures of them doing environmentally friends task (nature walks, picking up litter, turning down the power, etc.), on Tuesday will we encourage students to take a nature walk (Its supposed to be 65 degrees and sunny!), on Tuesday we will post a video for students to watch (it is our asynchronous day), on Thursday we are partnering with ASB for spirit week and asking students to dress in green for Earth Day, on Friday we are collecting pledges/take action points.

04/01/21 Shadow Lake Elementary

Our virtual Green Team meetings have started out strong! Students have brought new ideas for our Green Team, and we look forward to see what the students achieve this year.

03/16/21 HCPS District

Last month, the Kansas City, Kan., School District added 47 buses that run on compressed natural gas. It is the first school district in Kansas or Missouri to launch a large-scale fleet with the alternative fuel. Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/03/16/2730961/47-kck-school-buses-now-run-on.html

01/27/21 Maple View Middle

Today we finalized our climate change presentation and will post it for students in our school to choose ways to take action.

12/16/20 Maple View Middle

Today’s Green Team meeting is a celebration. We are meeting to celebrate that we have collected over 1000 pledges so far! We will be celebrating by closing out 2020 with a movie party. We are watching the Lorax today. Come have fun with us!

12/16/20 Maple View Middle

We are each going to do a power patrol for our homes today! We cannot be in school doing this but we can get practice doing power patrols so when we get back to school we will be experts! :-)

12/02/20 Maple View Middle

We are meeting today to discuss ways we encourage students and families to request environmentally friendly packaging. Places like Amazon ship without plastics and will hold some items to make a full package which helps save on packaging and is helpful because it is less trips too. We are hoping to have a slide show and a pledge question posted soon so families can sign up before Christmas shopping starts.

11/24/20 Maple View Middle

Green Team met today today discuss our plan for the month of December. We are going to target ways to save on packaging. Amazon has options for customers to choose environmentally friendly packages and we want to encourage students to talk to their families about this as an option for them.

11/17/20 Maple View Middle

We finished our water conservation slide show and posted it on our school wide google classroom to collect pledges about how students will try to conserve water.