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The Maryland Green School Award Program recognizes schools that use the school site, the community and their curriculum to prepare students to understand and act on current and future environmental challenges. The program uses the environment as a framework for integrating math, science, reading, writing and social studies and arts as part of the regular curriculum.
It takes our whole community to work toward this goal -- parents, teachers, staff, students, and our business partners. We also try to minimize waste by conserving energy and reducing solid waste. Please ask your teachers about what they are doing in their classroom for Green School and what you can do to help. Look out for more info in the future!!
The staff contact is Ms. Bozman and the parent contact is Sarah Montgomery. Please see the WES site or the Baltimore County site at http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/go/deprm for more information on the Green School Program.
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Tuesday, 21 September 2010 00:12 |
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This year in conjunction with Terracycle, Westowne will recycle juice pouches, writing instruments and Elmer's glue sticks/bottles. Each pouch, marker, and glue stick is worth 2 cents. When we have enough "trash" to send in, we will mail the items to Terracycle who will "upcycle" our trash. Visit their website at www.Terracycle.net to learn more about this "green" program.
Designated boxes have been set up around the school and in some classrooms. We encourage you to collect these items at home too....think of all the juice pouches from all the sporting events your children are involved in! Collect them and drop them off at school.
If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Prince at
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Items we recycle:
Any brand of juice pouches (i.e. Capri Sun) (No juice boxes, please)
Elmer glue sticks and bottles (Must be ELMER brand)
Any pen, magic marker, mechanical pencil, dry erase marker (No wooden pencils)
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Tuesday, 28 April 2009 20:36 |
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Westowne has earned the status of "Green School" in the State of Maryland! To qualify for the Green School Award, a school must meet rigorous criteria through which students develop the knowledge and skills needed to act on current and future environmental challenges. The program uses the environment as a framework for integrating mathematics, the sciences, reading, writing, social studies and the arts.
To every teacher who went to training and then taught students something new, to students who came home and asked their parents to start recycling, to parents who made phone calls and ran programs, to the Westowne administration who helped it all come together, thank you. The adventure continues! Special thanks to Ms. Abby Bozman (faculty) and Sarah Montgomery (PTA). For more information about the program, contact Sarah at
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 September 2010 00:27 |
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