Earth Savers Summit Community Event

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Fuentes Elementary hosted the first annual Earth Savers Summit on October 25th at the HAYSCISD performing arts center. The evening was an incredible celebration of global citizenship and ecological responsibility. Every student from Fuentes took part in the event! Kindergartners made Recycled Doodle Bugs with a 21st century twist, 1st graders showed off their writing skills accompanied by global art work, 2nd graders made classroom banners with unique hand print globes that included important personal notes about conservation, 3rd graders produced a slide show about how to be powerful global citizens, 4th graders displayed science projects about global issues, 5th graders took part in an Eco-science fair & wrote poetry about ecological responsibility. Every Fuentes star made & displayed  incredible artwork out of recycled materials, all 623 students participated in an Earth Saver  pen pal project as powerful global citizens with students from Kenya, and finally our entire 5th grade starred in an Eco-musical entitled "Update Earth!"

The Earth Savers Summit included presentations about what we are doing to be more "Green" to minimize our carbon footprint.  Gina Butcher presented a photo slide show of what we are doing at the campus level,  Rod Walls spoke about the district Green Team and district efforts, RC Herrin spoke in broader terms about the ecological and financial benefits HAYSCISD is achieving, and Jason Sanders from TDS spoke about how Texas Disposal Systems and our community are benefiting from being ecologically responsible. The event included booths from our "Green" community partners like TX A & M AGRILIFE, Treehouse Green Store, Austin Canoe & Kayak, TDS, Gardenville, 1826 Productions, US Foods, PACTIVE, Caskey Orchards, The San Marcos Farmers Market Association,   AIM AC & Heating, Avon, Mary Kay, & Fuentes PTA.