The Green Sheet
Vol. 1, Issue 1DAVESCREEK ELEMENTARY ENVIRONMENTAL NEWSLETTER August 2008
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Welcome Back!
This is a newsletter of the Environmental Education Committee, a subcommittee of the Daves CreekPTA. Our group works with parents, teachers, local businesses, and county organizations to promote environmental education and awareness to our children.
We have worked on many beautification projects at our school– including the courtyards (Shapes & Colors and Woodlands) and outdoor classroom. We also have worked on many recycling projects throughout our school – educating staff and students in reclaiming our resources, including the creation of the Daves Creek Green Team.
Interested in getting involved with our environmental efforts? If so, contact PTAEnvironmental Ed Chair & Green Team Coordinator, Denise Carleton at carleton. or Recycling Coordinator, Lisa LaFayette at .
Recycling at DavesCreek
DavesCreek has a developed a sustainable and extensive recycling program for which it has received many awards and recognitions. You can send in with your child or bring to the school, the following items to be recycled:
Household batteries – alkaline and rechargeable
Cell phones, palm pilots and pagers
Ink & Toner Cartridges*
Magazines and newspapers –are to be unbagged and placed in the dumpster marked SP Recycling/ Newsprint in the rear of the school – DURING NON SCHOOL HOURS.*
Plastic #1 & #2 and aluminum cans –are to placed in the wire bin located in the staff/bus parking lot – DURING NON SCHOOL HOURS.*
*PTA and/or DCES derives income from the companies that collect these items for recycling. For example, $90 each time plastic/can bin is emptied.
NEW THIS YEAR! Packing peanuts, packing pillows, bubble wrap and butcher paper – these items are to be bagged, tied closed and dropped off in the school’s lobby during school hours, preferably the afternoon. Parapro Sue Perks from Mrs. Barbieri’s class will be collecting and reusing them! If you have any questions, please contact Sue at .
Phonebook Recycling Coming Back Spring ‘09! Last year we won a bird house and camera for our phonebook recycling efforts. HOLD ON TO YOUR OLD PHONE- BOOKS until the spring when we will again collect them for Keep Forsyth County Beautiful’s annual contest. Contact 4th Grade Teacher Audra Fleeman at afleemen @forsyth.k12.ga.us for more info.
Check us out on the web at
Learn more about recycling and events/programs at: (Keep Forsyth CountyBeautiful)
Recycling Self-Test
How much do you know about recycling?
Try to answer the following recycling questions. After you've answered all the questions, compare your answers to the ones at the bottom of this page. Add up your score, and see where you fit in.
1) Every day, a person produces ___ pounds of waste.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
2) What percent of our trash is recyclable?
a) 10%
b) 25%
c) 50%
d) 75%
3) What percent of our trash actually is recycled?
a) 5%
b) 10%
c) 25%
d) 50%
4) When used effectively, recycling programs...
a) still cost more than regular trash disposal.
b) cost about the same as regular trash disposal.
c) can cost less than regular trash disposal.
d) never work right.
5) Complete the sentence. I...
a) am a super-supporter of recycling and ecology.
b) think recycling is a good idea.
c) don't really pay attention to ecology.
d) am not sure what "ecology" means.
6) At home, do you...
a) recycle anything that can be recycled?
b) try to recycle things that can be recycled?
c) recycle a few things?
d) not recycle at all?
7) Do you know what the number inside the recycling symbol on the bottom of plastic bottles means?
a) Yes
b) No
8) What are the three R's?
a) recycle, remake, redistribute
b) reduce, reuse, recycle
c) reuse, reform, recycle
d) I have no idea!
9) How much of an average dump is made up of paper?
a) 10%
b) 20%
c) 30%
d) 40%
10) I decided to visit the Recycling Rules!! webpage because...
a) I want to know as much as I can about recycling!
b) I'm interested in recycling, and wanted to see what this page had to offer.
c) It was the first page that the search engine came up with.
d) I don't know why I'm here.
OK. Now that you've taken the quiz and wrote down your answers, let's see what the real answers are! In this table, the numbers on the left are the question numbers, and the letters across the top are the choices. For example: if you answered B on #1, then you get 2 points!
A / B / C / D1 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 5
2 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 5
3 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 2
4 / 1 / 2 / 4 / 0
5 / 5 / 3 / 1 / 0
6 / 5 / 3 / 1 / 0
7 / 2 / 0
8 / 1 / 3 / 2 / 0
9 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 5
10 / 5 / 3 / 2 / 0
Now add up your score and compare what you got to these groups:
35 - 42 --- You're a friend of the earth! Keep up the great work!
28 - 34 --- You seem to have a good working knowledge of recycling, but you could know more...
20 - 27 --- Not bad, but recycling is an important topic--learn more!
12 - 19 --- You do live on this planet, right?
4 - 11 --- ?????????????????????????????????
Did you know?
Each of our recycled plastic picnic tables in the Woodlands Courtyard was made from over 3,500 milk jugs. There are over 10,500 gallon milk jugs recycled for our three tables!
Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET or PETE) is the most recycled plastic and can be identified by a “1” in the center of the recycling triangle on the bottom of the container.
5 PET bottles yield enough fiber for an extra large T-shirt.
Can you find 20 or more words from this sentence?
“I Always Recycle”
1. ______11. ______
2. ______12. ______
3. ______13. ______
4. ______14. ______
5. ______15. ______
6. ______16. ______
7. ______17. ______
8. ______18. ______
9. ______19. ______
10. ______20. ______
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Unscramble:
1. umualimn______
2. uesre_ _ _ _ _
3. fladlinl______
4. temnvorienn______
5. rdngea______
6. pstlaci______
REDUCE – REUSE – RECYCLE
RETHINK!
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