Success Story: Eastside Preparatory School
School District: Private
School Location: Kirkland
Began participating in the Green Schools Program: September 2009
Level One of the Green Schools Program: Achieved in May 2011
Waste Reduction and Recycling
- Eastside Prep achieved a recycling rate of 50 percent.
- Students and faculty collected food scraps and coffee grounds to be composted in a worm bin. Compost from the worm bin is used to fertilize the school’s garden beds.
- Paper use is minimized by use of laptops by upper school students, who all bring laptops to class.
- Electronic dissemination of readings and assignments greatly reduces the school’s need to produce paper copies.
- Eastside Prep installed a five-step recycling system in the lunchroom which facilitates the recycling and composting collection of nearly all lunch waste.
Energy Conservation
- Installation of motion detectors in certain classrooms and light timers in some bathrooms reduced electricity use.
Water Conservation
- No-flush urinals were installed in several bathrooms, which resulted in the conservation of approximately 100,000 gallons of water annually.
Comments
“The Green Schools Program has been a great help to us in our efforts to reduce our impact and increase our efficiency. Thank you for your guidance throughout this process.” - Tobias Tillemans, teacher
For more information about the school’s conservation achievements and participation in the Green Schools Program, contact:
Tobias Tillemans, teacher
TTillemans@eastsideprep.org
Theron Cross, teacher
tcross@eastsideprep.org
top of page
| 
