Our First California School!
Today’s post was written by Kate’s 2nd graders at The Children’s School in La Jolla, CA (near San Diego). Thanks to Laura Lavoie, Lauren Karkenny, and Carrie Orsborn for organizing! Their strategy was having the entire school collect cats for several weeks, then 50 student members of their Green Team and 15 teachers canceled 850 catalogs on April 19-22.
“Hello from California! We were really excited about the CCC. Each class tried to bring in as many catalogs as they could. Kids in toddlers through sixth grade brought in catalogs and put them in a box by their classrooms. The Green Team counted all the catalogs in each class’s box. They wanted to see who had the most and who won our challenge. The whole school collected 1,595 catalogs, and the second grade brought in 328 catalogs. The second grade won our challenge (click on photo)!”
“Then, during Earth Week, The Green Team and other people at school canceled 850 catalogs and it helped the environment. The challenge is important because it saves water, trees, electricity, carbon dioxide, pollution, gas, oil, and us.
“Facts we learned from the CCC: We saved six trees. Canceling catalogs helps the environment. Riding your bike or walking can save energy, too. You can cancel your own catalogs at home. Thank you for starting the Catalog Canceling Challenge. We had lots of fun!”
