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

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Lunch Waste Audit




On Tuesday Feb.8th the Green Team 3 parents and 20 students from grades 1-5 conducted Caleb's first lunch waste audit. Students sorted lunch waste into 5 categories: 1) Milk Cartons- emptied 2) Compostables 3) Non-compostable food waste 4) Recyables 5) Non-recyables. Volume and weight were recorded and will be presented to school in the next few weeks. Students who helped were awarded a free mini-pizza from Papa Murphys Pizza. The 5th grade students will be creating a poster/lay-out of all the data recorded. Here are some pictures from the audit:

Friday, January 14, 2011

Compost Update

We currently have worms bins in 6 classrooms now!
Thanks to two parents we have 2 outdoor composting bins as well.
Our 7th outdoor worm bin is located next to our compost bins and is thriving- thanks to Mrs.Mallicoat's Special Educaton class.

Our hope is to begin 3 more worm bins for 4th, 5th and middle school classrooms.

Caleb's Waste Free Lunch Project

Caleb's Waste Free Lunch Project
Purchase a Laptop Lunch, Help the Green Team! Click on image to order yours today!

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!
By recycling 1 Capri Sun, Honest Tea, & other juice pouches, our school earns 2 cents! Click on image for more information.