Sherwood

=Sherwood Elementary School=

Rep:
Diane Nekritz dnekritz@nssd112.org

Projects:
The third grade has a classroom job called the "energy monitor". Each week a student is responsible for turning lights off and bringing the recyclables outside to the recycling cans.

As part of 5th grade government the students generate a going green activity for each session. These activities include things such as: an energy conservation day, trash pick-up around the building, a field trip to the Waste Management recycling facility.

The 5th graders also use Wikis instead of journals for some subjects.

Some classrooms have had discussions about petroleum products, like gasoline and jet fuel, and their relationship to the "greenhouse effect" and global warming.

Some students have written narratives about the effects of the changing environment on the animals.

To lessen the amount of energy used, teachers turn off the Promethean board, lights etc. when they are not in use.

Students are encouraged not to buy new things, but reuse the ones we have (especially during holiday festivities).

The art room classes have become experts in living green. They have reused posters from the Lake County Forest Preserves for their projects and old boxes for artist studies. They have also used styrofoam and wood scraps for sculptures.

In first grade they celebrate Earth Week. They have discussed the importance of animals and plants living together for the world to exist. They talk about the importance of the rain forest and the fresh water it gives to the Earth.

Materials are copied and printed using both sides of the paper and teachers are encouraged to use recycled paper whenever possible (behavior charts, center games, etc.).

BE NICE, USE TWICE!