Second-grade students at Dutch Fork Elementary made and taught their families and teachers how to make plarn (plastic bag yarn) at their Earth Day “Envirofest.” Students also learned from mentor, Jane Hiller, how their plarn can be crocheted into bedrolls for unsheltered citizens.
Students at Longleaf MS learn about water quality from mentor Chandra Cooper.
The Green Steps Team at Catawba Trail ES created an original “kid friendly” pole to fly their Air Quality Flags.
After 3 weeks, 320 happy students at Catawba Trail ES took home their salad buckets to share their produce and knowledge with their families.
Students at Dutch Fork Middle School developed a bioswale as part of their Champions of the Environment project after learning why and how to use plants to prevent run-off. ACTION Club students taught their peer buddies with special needs about the plants that they selected.
Students at Catawba Trail ES raise and release trout while learning about water quality and habitat.
The 2018 winner of PalmettoPride children’s book contest is 11-year-old Jayla Washington, a student at the Green Charter School of the Midlands. Her book, Louie Saves the Day, will be distributed to every elementary school in SC. Congratulations to Jayla!
Congratulations to David Kenga, lead teacher of St. John Neumann Catholic School’s Green Step team who was named “2017 Conservation Teacher of the Year” by the SC Association of Conservation Districts. Chanda Cooper of the Richland County Conservation Department mentors this Green Step School.
At a recent STEM celebration, Gadsden Elementary students reused materials to models of famous African American inventions. Adults learned from the students’ work.
Students at the Harmony School are creating and donating balls of plastic bag yarn which will be crocheted into bedrolls for unsheltered citizens in the Midlands.
