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Success Story: Newport Heights Elementary School
School District: Bellevue
School Location: Bellevue
Began participating in the Green Schools Program: September 2008
Level one of the Green Schools Program: Achieved in June 2009
Waste Reduction and Recycling
- All classrooms, offices and cafeteria have recycling containers.
- The school held a “Green Week” that included posters and morning announcements to promote recycling and provide recycling facts.
- Tips about recycling were shared on the school’s daily news broadcast.
- Many students and staff wore green to promote Earth Day.
- The City of Bellevue sponsored a recycling assembly and partnered with the Green Schools Program to provide recycling assistance.
- To reduce paper use, the school did the following:
- Encouraged double-sided photocopies and the reuse of paper that has only been used on one side.
- Teachers e-mail newsletters to parents.
- The principal’s newsletter is sent electronically.
- Teachers swap books.
- The school held a waste-free lunch event to promote the use of reusable lunch containers.
For more information about the school’s conservation achievements and participation in the Green Schools Program, contact:
Amy MacDonald, administrative intern
macdonaldm@bsd405.org
Rina Fa’amoe, resource conservation manager for Bellevue Public Schools
faamoer@bsd405.org
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