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Success Story: Medina Elementary School
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Medina Elementary School
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Staff members happily accept the Green Schools banner. |
School District: Bellevue
School Location: Medina
Began participation in the Green Schools Program: February, 2008
Level one of the Green Schools Program: Achieved June 2009
Waste Reduction and Recycling
- Staff and students started a milk carton recycling program. Student monitors helped to kick off the program and held recycling presentations on the kick off day.
- Students began stacking trays at lunch to reduce garbage volume in the outdoor garbage container.
- Students are encouraged to finish their milk, rather than dumping it out, before recycling the milk cartons.
- As a result of these efforts, the school reduced lunch garbage from 150 gallons to 55 gallons per day. Each day at lunch 64 gallons of recyclable materials are collected.
- The City of Bellevue partnered with the Green Schools Program to provide recycling assistance to Bellevue schools. A City of Bellevue representative set up a booth at the school science fair to promote recycling.
- The student environmental club purchased and sold reusable water bottles to raise money for compostable lunch trays.
- Students created and distributed posters to promote recycling. Students also produced a video called the “just one” challenge to encourage students to make one change to conserve resources and help the environment.
Awards
- Teacher Kristi Stroyan was recognized as a King County Earth Hero in 2008.
For more information about the school’s conservation achievements and participation in the Green Schools Program, contact:
Krysti Stoyan, teacher
stroyank@bsd405.org
Rina Fa’amoe, resource conservation manager for Bellevue Public Schools
faamoer@bsd405.org
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