Earth Day Groceries Project 2008!!!

As previously mentioned, the Washington Elementary School PTO is proud to announce that our students participated in the 15th Annual Earth Day Groceries Project.

Below, our students pride is evident of both their participation and creations!

We would like to thank both Ms. MaryAnn Donhue, of Shoprite Headquarters, and Mr. Rob Wilson, of Shoprite of Fair Lawn, for supporting our school's participation in the 15th Annual Earth Day Groceries Project. Without their support, our participation would have been impossible!

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

Earth Day Groceries Project

The Washington Elementary School PTO is proud to announce the participation of our school in the 14th annual Earth Day Groceries Project!

Students at our school will be decorating paper grocery bags, generously provided by Shoprite in Fair Lawn, with environmental messages and pictures. Upon their completion, the bags will be collected and returned to Shoprite in Fair Lawn where they will be handed out to shoppers, upon checkout, on Earth Day, April 22nd.

Inaddition to displaying our students artwork, the people in our community will get a clear and positive message that the students of Washington Elementary School, and Shoprite of Fair Lawn, care about the environment.

The students, staff and faculty of Washington Elementary School along with Shoprite of Fair Lawn are proud to be partners in an effort to raise environmental awareness.

For complete details on this project, please visit:

http://www.earthdaybags.org/

Creative Ideas

This past Saturday our municipal Enviornmental Committe hosted a Earth Day Celebration at our local high-school.

On display were projects created by our local school children that were made entirely from recyclable materials.

One creative pair made a table top pool table from paper towel rolls, paper, and tin cans. Also on hand was a bowling game made with empty soda bottles. One of my favorites.....a simple but GREAT reusable project. A liquid fabric softener bottle decorated with paint and with holes drilled in the lid to be used as a watering can. The kids really put a lot of effort into their projects and it showed. Very creative bunch.

The municipal shade tree commission also offered violets and a dogwood tree for raffle as well as offering seedlings and information on their care.

With summer days quickly approaching, my daughter and I got some great summer project ideas.