Green Team update –

The Green Team has used $110 of the money that we earned from our used book and bake sale to adopt 2 Endangered animals the lion and the wolverine.  You can see the adoption certificates in the hall by the showcase.  Our lion adoption kit arrived today!  He will be passed around to all the classes and then put in the showcase with our other adopted animals.  We should be getting the wolverine soon.

The Green Team has been working hard on a Use Less Waste Less campaign for the school.  We have used $80 of the money that we earned to purchase plastic/metal recycling bins for the classrooms and common areas of the school.  We will now be recycling plastics and metal and we need families to help by occasionally bringing some recycling home.  The Green Team members will be interviewing the kitchen staff to discuss ways to help the students waste less food.   We will now be recycling paper, newspaper/magazines, cardboard, plastic, metal cans and printer cartilages.

The Green Team is also helping the animals on our campus.  We made bird feeders out of recycled water bottles and hung them on Nature Area fence.

We are right now having a contest for the Wayne County Green School Logo Contest.  The entries are on the Green Team board.  All the classes will be voting for their  favorite.

Our next meeting we will be discussing Michigan’s watershed and discussing ways that we can help support the situation in Flint and the Rouge river.  We will be writing letters to government officials to support legislation to clean up Michigan’s fresh water.

We are asking parents to try to help us by packing a waste less lunch.  We challenge you to try to pack a lunch where NOTHING is thrown away.

Here are some suggestions:

• Instead of a juice box get a small refillable bottle for juice.
• Instead of a plastic sandwich bag get a reusable sandwich box
• Instead of a paper lunch bag get a reusable lunch bag
• Instead of individual bags of chips get a big bag of chips and put a small amount in a reusable container.
• Instead of throwing away plastic spoons and forks wash them and use them again or buy metal ones they can use again
• Instead of a paper napkin use a cloth napkin.

Thanks for all your help in making us a Green School!

Book orders are coming home.  Everyone go a 2nd grade one because I don’t have any 1st.  Please make checks payable to Scholastic Reading Club.  Do not send cash.  Orders due 2/11

Our Green School Team has purchased recycling bins for each classroom to use.  Students can put unwanted plastic water bottles into the bin when students are finished using them.  Our class is in need of volunteer parents that  are willing to add the plastic to their recycling at home.  I will send it with your child when our bin is full.  At this time, we have not found a company who will pick up our plastic recycling yet.  Please email me letting me know that you will take our recycling.  Thanks a bunch!

Our class will have a small celebration on Thursday, February 11 at the end of the day.  Students may pass out Valentine’s Cards and candy at this time.  I will send home a class list of student names so your child can write their classmates names on the cards.    Send in cards and candy on Thursday.  Thanks

We will continue to work with water through the end of this quarter and into the next.  I will be sending home some homework tonight that will be due next Wednesday, February 3.  The homework entails measuring the amount of water used while brushing your teeth.  You’ll need time, a toothbrush, some measuring cups, a small bucket or container that’ll fit in your sink and a pencil. On the back of the homework there is a chart to fill out and some questions to answer.  Have fun!

Please pick your child up at regular dismissal time.  PTA movie night tonight!  Enjoy

Truxall’s class will be taking the NWEA test towards the end of this week and next week as well.  Be sure your child has enough rest and good foods for breakfast.  Thanks!

Tomorrow, January 20 is our field trip to Cranbrook Institute of Science.  Because tomorrow is a late start,  we will be leaving at approximately 10:00.  We will be eating lunch there so be sure to pack your child a disposable lunch.  Remember, if your child uses a booster seat, send it in with your child and label it with his/her name. Thanks!

I am sorry to inform you all but I misread the website as to how much chaperones will cost.  I read $5 per person but in fact it’s $10.  Please send in an extra $5 if you are a chaperone.  Again, I am sorry for the mistake.  Thanks!

If you haven’t already done so, please come to the office and fill out the driver’s paperwork and give a copy of your driver’s license to Ms. Bernadette if you are planning on chaperoning the field trip.  Please know that even if you are not driving but attending the trip, you must  have a copy of your driver’s license in the office today.  If not, I am sorry but you will not be able to attend the trip.  Thanks for your understanding.