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Green School Program On May 21, 2006 Gov. Granholm signed into law the Michigan Green School Program. The program lists 20 activities promoting energy savings, recycling and other environmentally friendly practices.
To be designated a “green school”, the school must choose 10 of the activities to participate in.
Printer Cartridge Recycling
Ecological Poster Contest
Kindergarten: Jackson and Camille 1st Grade: Gary and Isabella 2nd Grade: Bryson and Kamya 3rd Grade: Emma and Patrick 4th Grade: Victoria and Isabella 5th Grade: Will and Taryn A special thanks to MaryBeth McElroy, Deb Wease, Carole Benedict, Tom Moline and Wendy Gulock for judging our posters. Endangered Species Adoption – “Wearin’ the Wild to School” Days Thank you to all the students and staff who participated in the “wearin the wild to school days”. Your votes were counted and your donations raised enough money for Northwood to adopt an Amur Tiger from the Detroit Zoo. 4 daily zoo passes will be awarded through a drawing from those participants who voted. Look for the animal information to be circulating in school in April. Home Energy Surveys Be sure to complete and turn in your Home Energy Surveys. Drawings for prizes will be held the week of April 10th. Birdhouse Habitat An area around the new Northwood will be established as a “birdhouse habitat”. We have 6 birdhouses so far that will be installed later this spring. 5 of these birdhouses have been built by Northwood dads and decorated by the Daisy girl scouts and 2nd grade brownies at their joint meeting in April. Natural Michigan Garden Project There are plans to put in a “native Michigan” garden in front of the north building. If you have any native Michigan flowers in your garden such as: Black-Eyed Susans, Purple Coneflower, Coreopsis, Butterfly Weed, or Campanula, please save a shovel full for donating to our new school grounds. Household Battery Disposal
The batteries will be collected and properly disposed by the solid waste/recycling contractor Updating of the media center’s print and nonprint ecological materials Northwood’s Media Center is accepting donations of print and nonprint ecological materials. Please see Mrs. Wease for a copy of the “ecological materials wish list”. Thank you to these businesses and families for their donations to Northwood’s Green School Program.
If you have questions or need more information, you can contact any one of the following people involved in the Green School Program listed below. |
