Earth Week 2025

Zoom with Dr. SAm Mitchell

The Green Team was able to participate in a gloabl Zoom call with Dr. Camilo Jaramillo-Correa. Dr. Jaramillo-Correa is a researcher who works in a labratory where he studies how materials interact with plasmas. He's worked as part of a NASA SSERVI research center called TREX (Toolbox for Research and Exploration) where he worked with planetary scientists to study how particles from solar winds erode and change the surface of asteroids in our solar system. He currently works at Princeton University as a collaborator at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL.) 

Watch Dr. Camilo Jaramillo-Correa here! 

For Green Team members Only

Green Team Members! 

You're invited to join us for the first EVER District 39 Green Team Summit! At this event you'll get to meet Green Team members from other schools, learn about what they've been doing at their schools this year and enjoy some really fun speakers and activities. 

You must RSVP for this event by APRIL 4TH!  Please use the QR code below to sign up. 

(This is not a drop off event - you must have an adult with you.) 

Golden Pop Tab Winners 

March

The Green Team's "We Scream for Green Team" group collected pop tabs at their March meeting. The pop tabs we collect will help the Ronald McDonald House Charity. Every grade has a winning class that collected the most pop tabs for the past month. One of those winning classes collected the most pop tabs in the entire school. They'll get to keep the Golden Pop Tab Award in their class until next month! 

Central School collected 2 pounds and 15 ounces total for March and......

Ms. Schultz's class won the Golden Pop Tab  with 8.53 ounces!

Way to go! 

Zoom with Dr. SAm Mitchell

The Green Team was able to participate in a gloabl Zoom call with Dr. Sam Mitchell at the end of their Green Team meeting this month! Dr. Mitchell is a volcanologist, geologist and Antarctic expedition guide based in the UK. His research has taken him from the edge of active laval lakes to advising history documentaries to submarine diving on the deep Galapagos seafloor. He studies how and why volacnoes erupt by conducting science on rock samples produced during eruptions. His primary goal is to make earth and ocean science engaging, exciting and accessible subject for those from all backgrounds. 

Our Green Team students submitted some questions but unfortunately recess ended before the call did. We'll have a watch party at a later date for all interested Green Team members - or just click the link below to watch at home! 

Watch Dr. Sam Mitchell here! 

Golden Pop Tab Winners 

February

The Green Team's "Go Green or Go Home" group collected pop tabs at their February meeting. The pop tabs we collect will help the Ronald McDonald House Charity. Every grade has a winning class that collected the most pop tabs for the past month. One of those winning classes collected the most pop tabs in the entire school. They'll get to keep the Golden Pop Tab Award in their class until next month! 

Central School collected 22 pounds and 15 ounces total for February and......

Ms. Monaco's class won the Golden Pop Tab  with 8 pounds and 1 ounce! 

Way to go! 

Zoom with Dr. Susan Washko

The Green Team held a Zoom call with Dr. Susan Washko this week! Dr. Washko is an aquatic community ecologist who teaches ecology and natural resource topics to master's and undergraduate students at Western Colorado University. Together they do research on aquatic invertebrates to inform conservation and land management in the West. Check our her website here - she and her team are  currently studying salamanders in the Rocky Mountains and beaver dams in Utah just to name a few! So cool! 

Our Green Team students gave up their lunch and recess time to come listen to Dr. Washko speak about her recent research on rock pools and the different insects that live in them in various Southwest Arizona National Parks. Students asked some wonderful questions and we had a great time learning about ecology! Watch the entire call below! Thanks to all Green Team students who participated! 

Golden Pop Tab Winners 

January

The Green Team's "We Scream for Green Team" group collected pop tabs at their January meeting. The pop tabs we collect will help the Ronald McDonald House Charity. Every grade has a winning class that collected the most pop tabs for the past month. One of those winning classes collected the most pop tabs in the entire school. They'll get to keep the Golden Pop Tab Award in their class until next month! 

Central School collected 10 pounds and 12 ounces total for January and......

Mrs. Ortmann's class won the Golden Pop Tab (again!) with 5 pounds and 1 ounce! 

Way to go! 

Golden Pop Tab Winners 

December

The Green Team's "Go Green or Go Home" group collected pop tabs at their December meeting. The pop tabs we collect will help the Ronald McDonald House Charity. Every grade has a winning class that collected the most pop tabs for the past month. One of those winning classes collected the most pop tabs in the entire school. They'll get to keep the Golden Pop Tab Award in their class until next month! 

Central School collected 11 pounds and 1 ounce total for December and......

Mrs. Ortmann's class won the Golden Pop Tab with 3 pounds and 11 ounces! 

Way to go! 

Holiday Lights Drive

Golden Pop Tab Winners 

November

The Green Team's "We Scream for Green Team" group collected pop tabs at their November meeting. The pop tabs we collect will help the Ronald McDonald House Charity. Every grade has a winning class that collected the most pop tabs for the past month. One of those winning classes collected the most pop tabs in the entire school. They'll get to keep the Golden Pop Tab Award in their class until next month! 

Central School collected 6 pounds and 5 ounces total for November and......

Mrs. Samborn's class won the Golden Pop Tab with 2 pounds and 4 ounces! 

Way to go! 

First Golden Pop Tab of the Year!

The Green Team's "Go Green or Go Home" group collected pop tabs for the first time this school year! The pop tabs we collect will help the Ronald McDonald House Charity. Every grade has a winning class that collected the most pop tabs for the past month. One of those winning classes collected the most pop tabs in the entire school. They'll get to keep the Golden Pop Tab Award in their class until next month! 

Central School collected 13 pounds and 7 ounces total for October and......

Mrs. Dana's class won the Golden Pop Tab with 2 pounds and 9 ounces! 

Way to go! 

Environmental Awareness Week 2024! 

Environemental Awareness Week was a huge success! We loved seeing how much fun our Foxes had learning to be GREEN all week! 

Check out these photos of some of the fun! 

Environmental Awareness Week 2024! 

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 24th this year! 

Team 1:  Go Green or Go Home

Team 2:  We Scream for Green Team