4th gr. students helped to count markers of any kind to upcycle to the Crayola Company. This is a continued service we have done since 2014. The Crayola Company uses these markers to turn them into fuel, pavement, and roofing materials.

Kindergartners (17 students) helped to make a compost bin. They used a large clear plastic tote bin. They put food scraps in and used compost worms to make the compost. They explored the soil after it was made by the worms and used the soil to grow plants in cups.

The 3rd grade recycling monitors (3 classes) help students sort their breakfast items every morning. Recycling monitors are in most grades for morning breakfast recycling. The monitors stay a week until they have a new job. They teach students on how to sort.

Bridges After- School Green Team students in grades 3-5 (47 students) use technology to produce many posters and projects using creativity through Google Slides, Wixi, and Google Docs. By using technology, it helps to reduce paper, markers, and other supplies.

Students ( gr. 5 and 3rd) put recycling signs in pod areas to help students sort trash from recycling. These signs will help in the solid waste reduction for morning breakfast.

Students in our Bridges After School Service Learning program ( 15 students gr. 3 -4th gr. ) made a Guilford Recycles More video about why and what to recycle. This movie shows our students and staff the importance of recycling.

Bridges Green Team Service Learning Students (17) in 3rd grade making recycling signs for Guildford Recycles More Campaign.

Students in 4th grade ( in 4 classes) made animals out of recycled materials. They used their creativity and ingenuity to come up with a replication of an animal using cardboard, bottle caps, cans, and a variety of objects to create their animal sculptures.

Three animal sculptures (below) have been made by art teacher and her intern to show students how they can create animals out of recycled materials using their creativity.

Students (below) are creating their animals using recycled materials and hot glue to hold it together.

These are some students final animal sculptures from recycled materials.