George Hall Green Team 
- 444 Students
- 5 report(s)
- 0 lbs CO2e saved
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 join the Action Step 3
June 19 2020
Through a series of partnerships with community members, George Hall embarks on the waste reduction challenge by embracing innovation!
Summary
George Hall partnered with outside community members and students to do the following action items with the goal of instituting new waste reduction practices that would be effective and long-lasting:
- Partnered with SF State School of Design students who created the visual imagery and sorting signage.
- Created waste sorting station prototypes with the input of Phil Evans, Custodian Alvaro and students to analyze the outdoor lunch landscape, student movement and flow, student needs, dynamics and constraints.
- Earmarked PTA funds were used to purchase 2 green compost Brutes, 1 blue recycling Brute, aprons and pickers for student Green Team
- Parent Nicole Garza created a short slide set and made it available to teachers in all classrooms to educate students on sorting basics. Nicole was careful to used the imagery created by the SF State design student that would later be used on the lunchtime waste sorting stations.
- More parent volunteers were enlisted to help on Mondays and Tuesdays when initial waste sorting stations were set-up.
- Some classes continued waste education via worm composting workshops.
- Parent Sola Grantham designed and built prototypes of a foldable waste sorting station informed by suggestions Custodian, parent Green Team and student input.
- The OOS Schools Program was brought in in early 2020 to do school-wide waste sorting station assemblies and help with student Green Team recruitment.
- The new George Hall Parent and Student Green Team continued with their waste diversion efforts 2-3 times per week.
- Waste that was ultimately sorted: Food waste, liquids, milk cartons and recyclables, and food trays (set aside to be incoporated into compost stream at the end of lunch period.
- Additionally, students made use of an informal Food Share table.
Photos
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Sorting Slideshow for classrooms |
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From Concept to Prototype to Finished Waste Sorting Station |
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Green Team helping at New Sorting Station |
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