Fairland Earth Day celebration reaches beyond environmental education. Triton Central Elementary School May '08 Featured Spotlight Nine-year-old Keiara Lewis was excited when she got to the front of the line. Taking the pencil from the adult volunteer’s hand; Keiara used the sharpened tip to carefully push flower seeds into the center of a soggy peat pellet, exactly as her classmates had before her. Keiara then picked up the pellet and placed it gently into the bottom of her clear plastic cup, brushing her hands on her jeans to remove the dirt as she walked away. Read more... Shelbyville Jessica Poe, fifth-grade teacher, Loper Elementary We are starting a campaign here at Loper Elementary School to emphasize “Go Green” and recycling. I have recently put together a club called “Recycle Maniacs.” Each week the students suit up in their lab coats and go around and pick up the recycling from all of the classrooms. We have also made commercials. My students call them public service announcements. These clips are shown in the mornings to promote recycling. They are composed of songs, skits, etc. In addition, our county elementary schools worked together by creating a competition. We weighed our recyclables each week from Feb. 1 through March 1. The school with the most recyclables was awarded.

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