Strathclair students win Jets recycling challenge
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 17/04/2014 (4403 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The students of the Environmental Club at Strathclair Community School were selected as the first-place winner of the “Recycle Everywhere — Winnipeg Jets Classroom Recycling Challenge.”
There were more than150 school classrooms entered and out of all the entries outside of Winnipeg — which totalled more than 100 — the K-12 Strathclair school demonstrated the best combination of the number of containers recycled within the given week (more than 4,000), and creativity in the picture they submitted (photograph above).
The Environmental Club did a presentation for the kindergarten to Grade 8 students prior to the challenge, which ran from Feb. 24-28, and that really ramped up interest in the contest within the school.
The prize included official Jets jerseys that were presented to the club members on April 9.
The program was sponsored by Recycle Everywhere, a division of the Canadian Beverage Container Recycling Association, and the Winnipeg Jets. Representatives from both organizations were in town for the presentation.
And while the jerseys were presented to those involved with the Environmental Club, they won’t be sporting them as personal trophies.
Due to the great support from the entire school — for example, the middle year students came to help count the containers one day — the Environmental Club students have decided to use the prize to reward and promote recycling within their school.
As a result, club members decided they will track and tally the names of students who they see recycling and enter them into a draw for jerseys — one for each grade!
The Environmental Club at Strathclair Community School is responsible for the school’s recycling program and promoting environmentally responsible thinking among those withinour school and community.
The club was recently nominated for the Park West School Division “Group” Citizenship award in February 2014.
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