AMS is Going Green!

Green School Application Process Schools must document activities accomplished over a 2 year period (ending on June 1st of the year the application is submitted).   Major components of the application include: •  A one-page cover sheet and a concise one-page summary •  A short description (one-page maximum) followed by documentation of the following requirements: •  Classroom Integration of environmental issue instruction •  Professional development •  Celebration •  Demonstration of selected conservation best management practices (BMPs) •  Sustained school-community partnerships to enhance environmental learning

Who needs to be involved? Representatives of each of the following groups: Teaching Staff Facility Manager Students Parents Community Partners

Community Partnerships Criteria for Application Community Partnerships Curriculum and Instruction Meet All Criteria Use of Environment as a context for learning Professional Development Celebration Meet 1 of 2 Criteria Your School is Active in the Community The Community is Active in Your School Schools Meet at least 4 of 7 Criteria Water Conservation/Water Pollution Prevention Energy Conservation Waste Reduction Habitat Restoration Structures for Environmental Learning Responsible Transportation Healthy School Environment Best Management Practices

(We already have started!) When Do We Start?! (We already have started!) School yard restoration projects Partnership with Arlington Echo Science curriculum (environmental units in every grade) Recycling available Partnership with South River Federation $$ Support from Greenscape and Unity Garden US Fish and Wildlife support

What can go in Single Stream Recycling???????? Classroom Recycling 3 Containers Trash – brown plastic can – Custodians will dump after breakfast and at end of day Single Stream Recycling – ALL recyclables (except paper ) Yellow Plastic Bin. Students will dump in larger hallway recycling bin at the end of the day Paper – ALL paper will be recycled in the cardboard box. Students will dump in larger hallway paper recycling bin at the end of the day What can go in Single Stream Recycling????????

Single Stream Yellow Recycling Containers Classroom and Office Recycling Paper Collection Boxes Paper (white and colored) Self-Adhesive Notes Fax & Telex Sheets Scratch and Message Pads Loose-Leaf Paper Goldenrod Envelopes Envelopes with/without windows Brown envelopes Magazines Newspapers Lunch bags (no food waste) Adding machine tape Folders (plain/colored/coated) Composition Notebooks Workbooks Spiral notebooks (w/spiral, NO plastic covers) NO CARDBOARD!!! Single Stream Yellow Recycling Containers Loose Cardboard (unwaxed) Empty Waxed Cardboard (drink boxes/milk cartons) Flattened Corrugated Cardboard Ringed binders Empty aluminum cans Bi-metal cans Steel cans Glass (clear, brown, green) #1 plastic (empty bottles) #2 plastic (empty bottles) Plastic bags/wrappers IF they are bagged together!