Green Team Meeting Dates

October 25: Welcome to the Green Team!
November 29: Work to be done
December 13: Green Cooking with Mrs. San Martin


Please be sure to bring a nut-free snack with you when you come to the meeting!

Monday, November 14, 2011

Grounds Clean Up November 20

Please join us THIS SUNDAY to help clean up the Laytonsville grounds.  We will meet from 11-1 outside our school.  Please bring your gardening gloves, rakes, etc. to help out.

We will not have Green Team next Tuesday, November 22.

We are still in need of materials to complete our projects:
-bottle caps & lids (all sizes)
-pliers
-3/16" steel rod/stake
-heavy duty scissors
-cordless drill with 3/16" drill bits
-outdoor paint (all colors)
-plywood (4' by 4')
-paintbrushes
-latex primer paint (exterior)

Please consider donating any supplies you have around your house if possible.

visit http://www.artgrange.com/michelleworkshop.html to find out more about our projects!

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

First Day of Green Team

Today is our first after school meeting. Gabby and Elizabeth have been working hard to separate our bottle caps and lids by color. Our recyclers have been doing a fantastic job recycling juice pouches and paper.
We will have three new helpers this year with Green Team: Mrs. Dynda, Mrs. Knolmayer and former LES student and Poolesville High Senior, Alexandra Robbins. Today we will discuss our carbon footprint and how we can make a difference at home and school.
Please join us each Tuesday from 3:45-4:30 in Ms. Hudson's room.

Coming Soon: Courtyard/Grounds Cleanup on Sunday, November 6th.

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Exciting Project for 2011-2012

Hey Green Teamers!


I hope the summer is finding you well-rested and that you are enjoying yourself. I just wanted to show you a cool project idea that Mrs. Knolmayer, Mrs. Barnhart and I are interested in working on this year. This is just one example of bottle cap art:





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We will need your help. Please start collecting bottle caps and any other container lids so that we will be ready to get started at our first meeting.


I can't wait to get started!



Love,


Ms. Hudson :)

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Green Team Updates

Although our Green Team is not meeting after school anymore, we are very busy still during the school day.
Teams continue to monitor energy use throughout the school. Other teams collect paper recycling to help out our building services staff. We even began collecting plastic bottles and cans this year.
We are really excited about next year's BIG project. Start saving lids that you are finished with. We are going to reuse them and design a new artscape for our hallways.
I am looking forward to another successful year on the Green Team in 2011-2012.
Thank you to ALL our fifth graders who were a part of our club. I can't wait to hear from you in middle school.
Love,
Ms. Hudson