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Success Story: Endeavour Elementary School
School District: Issaquah
School Location: Issaquah
Began Participating in the Green Schools Program: May 2009
Level One of the Green Schools Program: Achieved in March 2010
Waste Reduction and Recycling
- Endeavour Elementary increased its recycling rate from 33 percent to 39 percent through a dedication to recycling throughout the school and the implementation of a new food scrap recycling program in the lunchroom.
- Student “waste watchers” monitor lunchroom recycling and compost containers to ensure proper recycling and waste disposal.
- Each student in Ms. Ralph’s class has adopted another classroom in the school and frequently provides the adopted class with reuse and recycling information, while monitoring and encouraging classroom efforts.
- The school reduced paper use through electronic newsletters and fliers.
- The school, along with all schools in the Issaquah School District, has eliminated use of straws during lunch.
For more information about this school’s conservation achievements and participation in the Green Schools Program, contact:
Kimberly Ralph, teacher
ralphk@issaquah.wednet.edu
John Macartney, district resource conservation manager
johnmacartney@msn.com
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