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Success Story: Eagle Rock Multi–Age School
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Earth Keepers environmental club at Eagle Rock receive recycling containers from the Green Schools Program. |
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Teacher Deborah Edwards and student accept the King County Earth Hero at School award in 2008. |
School District: Riverview
School Location: Duvall
Began participating in the Green Schools Program: October 2007
Level one of the Green Schools Program: Achieved in June 2009
Waste Reduction and Recycling
- Eagle Rock Multi-Age School did not recycle prior to participation in the Green Schools Program due to lack of collection service. Students asked the district to contract with Waste Management for recycling collection service. The school now recycles paper, bottles, cans and milk cartons – and has achieved a 39 percent recycling rate.
- Recycling containers provided by the Green Schools Program were added to all classrooms and the lunchroom.
- The student-run Earth Keepers club adhered stickers to recycling bins. Provided by the Green Schools Program, the stickers list what can and cannot be recycled.
- The school switched from polystyrene to durable trays in the lunchroom.
- Teacher Deborah Edwards started worm bins in the classroom and next to the school garden for composting food scraps.
- Edwards went paperless in all parent communication and homework assignments in the 2008-2009 school year.
Environmental Education
- Edwards planted a school garden to engage the students in hands-on learning.
- Edwards developed carbon footprint curriculum materials appropriate to her K-1 students.
- The school participated in a Marine Environment Study examining the effects of pollution on marine mammals. As a result, the school is attempting to cut out plastic bag use.
Awards
- Teacher Deborah Edwards won a 2008 King County Earth Heroes at School award.
For more information about the school’s conservation achievements and participation in the Green Schools Program, contact:
Deborah Edwards, teacher
edwardsd@riverview.wednet.edu
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