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Success Story: Martin Sortun Elementary School
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Mural featuring energy conservation and reuse. |
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Mural about recycling and water conservation. |
School District: Kent
School Location: Kent
Began participating in the Green Schools Program: May 2008
Level one of the Green Schools Program: Achieved in June 2009
Waste Reduction and Recycling
- Martin Sortun Elementary School increased its recycling rate from 20 percent to 57 percent and cut garbage volume by 50 percent through a combination of increased classroom recycling and a new lunchtime recycling program.
- Martin Sortun’s student Green Team, led by education assistant Scott Meyer, promoted recycling through posters, morning school-wide announcements, and a year-long lunchroom monitoring system.
- The new cafeteria avoided the use of polystyrene trays with a “family style” system where food was brought to each table on large metal trays.
- Recycling containers provided by the Green Schools Program were added to the lunchroom for milk cartons, juice boxes, plastic bottles and aluminum cans.
- School staff placed recycling stickers on classroom and lunchroom recycling containers. Provided by the Green Schools Program, the stickers list what can and cannot be recycled.
Environmental Education
- Teachers Debbie Sells and Kathy Gundlach helped students connect native plants to healthy watershed ecosystems with native plant gardens that were illustrated with student art.
For more information about the school’s conservation achievements and participation in the Green Schools Program, contact:
Scott Meyer, education assistant
scott.meyer@kent.k12.wa.us
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