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Success Story: Carnation Elementary School
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Earth Hero at School Award
Teacher Elizabeth Wing and her students receive the King County award in April 2011.
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School District: Riverview
School Location: Carnation
Began participating in the Green Schools Program: November 2008
Level One of the Green Schools Program: Achieved in May 2009
Level Two of the Green Schools Program: Achieved in May 2011
Waste Reduction and Recycling
- Carnation Elementary is recycling 47 percent of its solid waste.
- Recycling containers were added to each classroom for paper, milk cartons, bottles and aluminum cans.
- School staff placed recycling stickers that list what can and can’t be recycled on all recycling containers.
- Carnation’s third-grade green schools team helped to eliminate unwanted newspaper subscriptions and mail, created paper reuse trays for each classroom, and educated their schoolmates about waste reduction and recycling.
- The team created a video that promoted recycling and waste reduction. The video was shown to the entire school.
- Students created and distributed colorful posters that included samples of recyclable materials.
- Students participated in recycling presentations around the community.
Energy Conservation
- The Carnation Elementary Conservation team created and presented skits to educate students and staff about energy conservation at school and in the community. These educational skits along with frequent “Energy Commercials” were presented throughout the school year during lunches.
- Students brainstormed and created a “Carnation Elementary Energy Tiger Pledge” which includes energy conservation actions such as turning off lights when exiting classrooms and turning off computers at the end of the day.
- Students worked with Oxbow Farm to study and analyze the impact of the school’s energy conservation practices upon the salmon in the Snoqualmie River.
- Many Spanish speaking families were involved in the Oxbow Farm project. To engage them, students interpreted for parents.
- Students presented energy conservation information to the school board of the Riverview School District.
Other Conservation Actions and Education
- Students partnered with local watershed organizations to promote conservation efforts within the Tolt River watershed.
- Elizabeth Wing, teacher at Carnation Elementary, organized education units on organic farming, salmon, and a Passport to Sustainability project on the new state standards for sustainability.
Award
- Teacher Elizabeth Wing received a King County Earth Hero at School award in April 2011.
For more information about this school’s conservation achievements and participation in the Green Schools Program, contact:
Elizabeth Wing, teacher
wingel@riverview.wednet.edu
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