Students are key players in our recycling program and dedicatedly
offer their time on a daily or weekly basis to collect, clean and take
out paper, plastic and bottle recycling.
Classroom students take turns feeding the vermi-composting worms each week. Although
at first, this job may have been viewed as dirty and undesirable, once the students began to
understand the importance of these creatures and the harmful impact organic waste has
when deposited in landfills, attitudes changed. Many students now dig into the worm bin
with bare hands, breathing in the organic aroma and taking pride in this task.
Our campaign to reduce the number of garbage bags used in the school has been
a great success – the number of bags used has fallen from a high of 14,750 in 2008
to just 4,250 in 2010; a reduction of 71%.
Our annual Green Start
Project brings additional
tangible experiences to
Grade Four science as
students plant, grow
and learn from experts
about Plants in Our
World.
Most of the plants
cultivated in the green
house are re-planted in
our Community Garden
beds.
This project is in partnership
with Bow Valley Habitat
Development.