School is Active in the Community
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Teacher Participation
On Tuesday, January 20, 2015, Melissa Shindel, Principal of CMS, Teachers, Phil Herdman, Laura Puryear, Sandy Vinje, and Custodian Tyrone Williams visited Pointers Run Elementary to see how the first school food scraping program was working. They met with Alicia Moore, from Howard County Recycling, and Olivia Claus, Custodial Supervisor to understand how the program is currently working to produce quality compost for the county out of food scraps and at the same time reduce the amount of trash that the school needs to landfill.
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Teacher MeetingsCMS Staff Meeting on Energy Diane Sweeney, Howard County Energy, gave CMS 10 task lamps, CFL light bulbs, and 50 power strips for staff members, awarded at CMS staff meeting |
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PTA Green Chairs - Andrea Levinson & Kirk Chan-Tack
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PTA Business Packet
PTA went green and did not make a packet of papers for PTA business, saving $1000 in printing and paper costs.
All PTA information is online here: www.cmspta21029.org/ |
Community is Active in the School
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Feed the Bin Food Scrap Program
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Girl Scouts
The local Girl Scout troop has met at CMS many times this year to help assist with our green projects. The girl scouts transplanted flowers from the front of the school to a more appropriate location. The Girl Scouts also helped plant several new plants, including a red bud tree in the front roundabout of the school. The girls also helped clean up the areas around the school that contained trash.
Lunch Recycling and Food Scrapping Program
Lunch Recycling Presentation
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Alicia Moore from Howard County Recycling presented information to every staff member at Clarksville Middle School about the food scrapping program that will be coming to Clarksville Middle School beginning Tuesday, February 24, 2015. Four sorting stations will be set up in the cafeteria for all lunch shifts as well as a sorting station in the staff lounge for staff food scrapping.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Alicia Moore from Howard County Recycling presented information at pod meetings for 6th, 7th , and 8th grade students about the exciting food scrapping program in which Clarksville Middle School will be actively participating. The students learned that they are the first middle school in Howard County to be part of the food scrap program. Ms. Moore educated the students about what parts of their lunches will be placed in the recycle bin, the trash bin, and the food scrap bin. Many students were surprised to find out that their napkins and trays will also be composted with the food scraps.
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Alicia Moore from Howard County Recycling presented information to every staff member at Clarksville Middle School about the food scrapping program that will be coming to Clarksville Middle School beginning Tuesday, February 24, 2015. Four sorting stations will be set up in the cafeteria for all lunch shifts as well as a sorting station in the staff lounge for staff food scrapping.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Alicia Moore from Howard County Recycling presented information at pod meetings for 6th, 7th , and 8th grade students about the exciting food scrapping program in which Clarksville Middle School will be actively participating. The students learned that they are the first middle school in Howard County to be part of the food scrap program. Ms. Moore educated the students about what parts of their lunches will be placed in the recycle bin, the trash bin, and the food scrap bin. Many students were surprised to find out that their napkins and trays will also be composted with the food scraps.
Working with North Bay
Dakasha Patel from North Bay came and met with students across all grade levels. Here students worked together for about 3 hours to develop a school wide plan to lower energy usage and raise recycling and waste awareness. Students performed an energy audit and habitat survey. Both of these plans became the basis for the past two year's green school effort. We also worked with North Bay and local gardens to purchase plants for our newly built reading garden
Working with R.E.A.D.Y
Students from Clarksville me with Don Tsusaki from the READY program to help evaluate our schools need for rain gardens. Mr. Tsusaki toured the campus and pointed out areas of need for rain gardens, especially around high drainage areas. Students from CMS documented Mr. Tsusaki's suggestions and soon began working on creating rain gardens. Two rain gardens were created, one with the help from local a local boy scout troop. READY stands for “Restoring the Environment and Developing Youth.” It is a program funded by Howard County through the Office of Environmental Sustainability and administered by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay (the Alliance), along with program partners, People Acting Together in Howard (PATH), the Parks & People Foundation, and the University of Maryland Extension Sea Grant.
Working with HCC
Students from CMS including the entire 7th grade met with Mr. Tsusaki from the READY program and Bob Marietta from HCC to discuss a stream restoration program. Together a plan was drafted and a grant was written. This grant provided funds from the governor's stream relief program. A total of over $250,000 was granted toward the restoration of a stream that feeds into the Chesapeake Bay. Students from Clarksville have actively planned this process as well as taken trips to HCC to work on the relief process. This is a project that will span the next year or two.