Caleb Green Team is a committee of students and parents helping implement projects that create awareness and education on environmental issues and concerns.

Our Mission: To help students, staff, and families discover ways to become “Stewards for the Earth” by providing opportunities for participating in “green” projects and programs throughout the year.

Goals 2010-2011:

~Recycle Art Projects

~Classroom Worm Compost Bins
~E-Waste Fundraiser
~School Waste Audit
~Recycle/Compost Lunch Program
~Earth Week: April 2011
~Bike/Walk to School Week Challenge

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Caleb's Educational Garden Project & Green Team Update

These are some of the things that the Green Team and the Garden Docents have been working on the last month:
~ Gathering support from parents, teachers, students, and P.T.S.O. for implementing steps for teaching garden lessons in classrooms.
~ Organized and cleaned garden shed for materials and tools for ed. garden lessons.
~ Purchased materials for ed. garden projects
~ Planted winter gardens for 2nd grade classes (Mr.Myers and Mrs. Ching): lettuce, carrots, spinach, kale, chard, broccoli, bok choi, peas, and collards. 3rd grade Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Stallworth's class, as well as kindergarten classes Mrs. Wong and Mrs. Richardson (radishes, peas, lettuce, carrots).
~ Weeded and dug out dead and/or diseased plants in other garden plots.
~ Taught Soil Compsition Lesson to 2nd grade classes: Mr. Myers and Mrs. Ching,
as well as 3rd grade classes: Mrs. Stallworth & Mrs. Lee. Mrs. Wong's Kindergarten class as well.
~ Harvested vegetables for garden snack vegetable soup for Mr. Myers and Mrs. Cherry's clasrrom-students LOVED it!

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Caleb's Waste Free Lunch Project

Caleb's Waste Free Lunch Project
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Drink Pouch Brigade- Help us earn money for our school by recycling juice pouches!

Drink Pouch Brigade- Help us earn money for our school by recycling juice pouches!
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