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George Hall Green Team certified

  • 444 Students
  • 5 report(s)
  • 0 lbs CO2e saved

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Reports by this Classroom

Step 1: Perform a Baseline Assessment
Or
If you have already started a waste reduction initiative at your school, provide a brief description of the initial problem you observed.

George Hall Jaguars Get Started, Step 1

George Hall Green Team

George Hall Elementary

San Mateo-Foster City

Step 2: Create an Action Plan to obtain GSS certification
Or
If you already started a waste reduction initiative, report on what action project(s) you have completed and how you implemented this project at your school.

George Hall - Green Team Gets Going!! Step 2

George Hall Green Team

George Hall Elementary

San Mateo-Foster City

Step 3: Complete the Action Projects identified in your Action Plan (must do at least one)
Or
If you already started a waste reduction initiative, report on what action project(s) you have completed and how you implemented this project at your school.

George Hall Jaguars join the Action Step 3

George Hall Green Team

George Hall Elementary

San Mateo-Foster City

Step 4: Do a Follow-up Assessment and / or report on the actions taken by your class to conserve resources and reduce C02e. Include the numbers here in this step, such as the amount of paper recycled over 30 days.

George Hall Waste Diversion Results Step 4

George Hall Green Team

George Hall Elementary

San Mateo-Foster City

Step 5: Celebrate and Share your project(s)

To the Future and Beyond - Step 5

George Hall Green Team

George Hall Elementary

San Mateo-Foster City

George Hall Jaguars Get Started, Step 1

June 10 2020

Past projects guide future plans

Summary

In the 2018-19 school year, parents and staff at George Hall had embarked on and completed a few exciting projects. One, a local Eagle Scout troop had recently built a number of gardening boxes in front of the upper grade classrooms on the school grounds. Two, the OOS Community Gardens program provided funding that enabled the school community to add more gardening boxes and 2 on-site garden compost bins. Three, the Trash Train, a kids' wagon revamped to hold trash bins, was regularly brought to school during lunch hours so that kids could voluntarily pick up litter around school in a fun engaging way. And four, in 2019, George Hall parents reached out to the Schools Program to help support their new goals of reducing and diverting organic waste from breakfast, recess and lunch waste. All of this work was the result of dedicated parents, community, staff and administrative support and set the stage for 2019/2020 waste reduction goals. 

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School-wide Garden/Composting Connection


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