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Success Story: Rock Creek Elementary School
School District: Tahoma
School Location: Maple Valley
Began participating in the Green Schools Program: September 2007
Level One of the Green Schools Program: Achieved in December 2009
Waste Reduction and Recycling
- Rock Creek Elementary increased its recycling rate from 28 percent to 58 percent through an increase in classroom recycling and the addition of recycling in the lunchroom.
- The student Green Team educates the school about recycling via posters and morning announcements.
- Recycling containers provided by the Green Schools Program were added to the lunchroom for milk cartons, juice boxes, plastic bottles and aluminum cans.
- Students placed recycling stickers on all recycling containers. Provided by the Green Schools Program, the stickers list what can and can’t be recycled.
- School administrators provide regular reminders to staff and students about the importance of waste reduction and recycling.
- To reduce paper waste, the school sends parent newsletters electronically, forms can be filled out online and district fliers are posted on the district Web site.
For more information about this school’s conservation achievements and participation in the Green Schools Program, contact:
Radie Haytack, building manager
E-mail: rhaytack@tahomaSD.US
Marianne Sager, dean of students
E-mail: msager@tahomaSD.US
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