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Success Story: Sherwood Forest Elementary
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Sherwood Forest Elementary
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The Sherwood Forest Green Schools team proudly holds up its Green Schools banner. |
School District: Bellevue
School Location: Bellevue
Began participating in the Green Schools Program: September 2008
Achieved level one of the Green Schools Program: June 2009
Waste Reduction and Recycling
- Students placed recycling containers in all classrooms, offices, work spaces and common areas. On each recycling container, the students placed a recycling sticker that lists in English and Spanish what can and cannot be recycled. The City of Bellevue, which partnered with the Green Schools Program to provide recycling assistance to Bellevue schools, provided the recycling containers and bilingual stickers.
- Students created a large bulletin board display near the cafeteria that included samples of items that can be recycled at the school.
- Students introduced a new program in the cafeteria in which students emptied their milk cartons before placing the empty carton in the recycling container. Pictures of items that can be recycled were posted on the recycling containers.
- Student helper teams were established to empty classroom recycling containers daily.
- The school began to recycle batteries, cell phones and old printer cartridges. Refurbished printer cartridges were purchased.
- Recycled content paper was consistently purchased for all types of paper used at the school.
- To replace disposable products in the staff room, durable tablecloths, dishes, cups, glassware and metal silverware were purchased.
- Paper used on one side was allocated as scrap paper for memos and notes.
- The students designed a Green Week that focused on raising awareness of the importance of waste reduction and recycling.
- Students patrolled hallways and the playground for litter and collected paper for recycling.
- Students learned and played environmental and recycling games during physical education classes and recess.
- All students attended an assembly program that encourages waste reduction, reuse and recycling.
- Cafeteria supervisors remind students to “only take what they can eat.”
- Unused and unopened food items are collected on a table in the cafeteria for sharing.
- Lunch trays are stacked to increase garbage container capacity and to reduce frequency of pick-up.
- To reduce paper use, staff communication is almost entirely handled via e-mail, and smart boards are used in classrooms.
- To encourage reducing use of paper towels, soap and water, the student Green Team created large posters with pictures and the phrase: “1 flush is enough, 2 pumps for soap”
Environmental Education / Other Conservation Practices
- The school created raised beds and planted an edible garden.
- Rain barrels were installed. The collected rain water will be used to water the gardens.
For more information about the school’s conservation achievements and participation in the Green Schools Program, contact:
Wendy Shol, physical education teacher
sholw@bsd405.org
Rina Fa’amoe, resource conservation manager for Bellevue Public Schools
faamoer@bsd405.org
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