Green Team members led the pledge of allegeience at the November 17th Board Meeting! They also gave a short presentation about all the hard work our Green Team members have done this year! Well done! We're so proud of you! 

Green Team Live Streams with scientists! 

New this year -  Green Team members can give up their lunch period to come watch a live conversation with a scientist! Skype with a Scientist happens once a month and we LOVE to participate! Unfortunately the live stream goes past our lunch period, so Green Team members are encouraged to finish watching the presentation at home via the links below. 

December: We met with Mr. Andy Lee this month - a PhD candidate at Purdue University who's passion is snails and climate change. Climate change poses challenges for many marine animals - Andy uses genetic data to study how animals adapt to a changing ocean.  We had a very lively crowd for this one with lots of questions! Watch the whole presentation here! 

November: We met with Ms. Madelyn Leembruggen, who is a researcher turned science communicator. She's graduated from Harvard University in 2024 with a PhD in Theoretical Physics and is now a science writer. She gave a fascinating presentation on all things physics! Watch it here! 

October: We met Ms. Eman Khwaja, a marine biologist who's working on her PhD at UMass Dartmouth. Her research focuses on humpback whale behavior changes around Massachusetts.  (check her out on Instagram! @whale_detective) 

30 Green Team students participated today - we got quite a few questions answered! Watch the full event here! 

Environmental Awareness Week 2025

EA week was a great success! Our students saved energy by turning off lights around Central, colored environmentally themed pictures on recycled paper for local nursing home residents and our Green Team did their first campus clean up of the year! Walk to School day was a popular day with a huge group dancing on the black top before our school day. Our spirit day on Friday was a sea of green around school! We love to see it! 

Start Collecting Pop Tabs! 

Pop Tab collections are starting up again this year! Collect pop tabs from cans at home and bring them to your classroom. Then, once a month the Green Team will collect pop tabs from all the classrooms. Pop tabs will be weighed, recycled and donated to the Ronald McDonald House Charities. The class with the most pop tabs each month will win the Golden Pop Tab Award! Check out the video below for more information. 

The first pop tab collection date will be October 23rd this year! 

Team 1:  Environmental Grinches

Team 2:  Recycling Rocks