Earth Week Celebration

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On April 22 more than one billion people around the globe participate in Earth Day. Ascension Catholic School will celebrate Earth Week from April 22-April 26. All year long we encourage our students to care for God's beautiful creation. During Earth Week we promote awareness and appreciation for the Earth's environment, sustainable living and earth awareness. Earth Week is also known as National Green Week. We want to help raise awareness, recycle, and conserve energy and we are happy to do our part.

                                                                                   Green Week

                                                                                Monday, April 22

G is for Growing- Raising awareness by having a free N.U.T. day(No Uniform Today)- Green clothing or t-shirts                    with Earth Day slogans.

                                                                               Tuesday, April 23

R is Reduce, Reuse, Recycle- Waste free lunch challenge and recycle Styrofoam egg cartons.

                                                                             Wednesday, April 24

E is for Educate-Teachers will talk about ways to save the environment.

                                                                              Thursday, April 25

E is for Energy- Lights out. Teachers will teach the entire day or as much as possible with the lights out.

                                                                                 Friday, April 26

N is for Notes- Students will write a note on a handprint telling what they have learned or what they will do to go green.

 

Our Earth Week celebration was a lot of fun. Many students and teachers wore green clothing and some designed original t-shirts to raise awareness on the importance of working together to make a difference. Throughtout the week environmentally friendly activities and lessons were designed to inspire awareness of our beautiful planet. On Tuesday we focused on reduce, reuse, recycle. Students were encouraged to pack a waste free lunch. Students brought in over 100 styrofoam egg cartons to be brought to Publix for recycling. Lights out day was a big hit. Students learned the importance of saving energy and money by turning off lights and appliances when not in use. Friday morning every student was given a handprint cutout and wrote what they learned about the environment or what they plan to do to go green. The handprints were displayed in the cafeteria around a world to show how working together we can change the world.

                     NUT day (No Uniform Today) Green clothing or t-shirts with Earth Day slogans

 

                                                                A healthy waste free lunch

 

     VPK is learning about the colors of the world and how pollution changes our environment

Standards addressed--V.B.e.1. Enviromental Awareness- Demonstrates ongoing environmental awareness and responsibility) e.g,reduce, reuse, recycle), with teacher support and multiple experiences over time. 

 

 

 

                                             Light out in middle school

 

   Students wrote on handprint cutouts about what they learned or how they will go green to help our

beautiful planet stay beautiful.