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EARTH
DAY2014
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Did you know that trees improve the air you reathe?
That trees provide shelter for wildlife? And trees prevent soil from washing away? Project Plant It! is a fun
way to learn all of these tree facts and more!
Project Plant It! is a partnership among Dominion,
the Arbor Day Foundation, and elementary schools. Each
year, this program teaches thousands of students and
community members about the value of trees in our
ecosystem and how to recognize and care for trees.
Third grade students in each elementary school in
Hopewell are involved in Project Plant It! this spring.
This is the first time HCPS has participated in this
hands-on, environmental program. Students experience
engaging, age-appropriate classroom lessons that correlate with state learning standards.
In the culminating activity for the program, each
third grade student receives a small seedling tree to
take home and plant. During the spring of 2014,
Dominion will surpass the 250,000 mark for seedlings
distributed!
PROJECT PLANT IT!
TREE PLANTING
CEREMONIES
Dupont
Elementary
April 22 at 11:00
Harry E. James
Elementary
April 25 at 9:00
Patrick Copeland
Elementary
April 25 at 1:45
HARRY E. JAMES– celebrate each day, all the way...
Students in grades K-5 will
celebrate Earth Day in many
ways all week long at Harry E.
James Elementary School.
Monday’s theme is craft day!
Second and fourth graders will
make Earth Day bracelets, while
fifth graders will make musical
instruments using recycled
materials. Many other students
will create bird feeders out of
recycled soda bottles.
Tuesday is Earth Day!! All will
celebrate by wearing green.
Green Hedgies (tokens) will be
passed out to students in
green attire.
On Wednesday it’s all about
water conservation. Students
who wear blue will get a blue
Hedgie. Students are also to
bring a water bottle from home
to drink during the day, and
then they will recycle their
empty plastic in the bin.
Get your tummies ready on
Thursday. Earth Day snacks
and treats are on the menu!
Get comfortable on Friday and
be ready to watch some funfilled videos on recycling. The
Lorax, Wall-e, Magic School
Bus, and Bill Nye the Science
Guy are options.
Along with all these activities
through the week, students
will read and write about
Earth Day and recycling and
collect and sort trash from
around the school.
Staff involvement and academics is DUPONT’s motto
Dupont Elementary School would first like to thank the Clean City Commission for continuing to
pay for the recycling pick-up. This allows the Dupont Green Team to continue to work hard
picking up the school’s recyclables. The teachers are also commended for working hard to limit
their trash by recycling.
To keep with the recycling theme, facts will be read over the morning announcements the entire
week of April 21-25. Viewings of Wall-e, School House Rocks Earth, Ferngully, and The Lorax
will be offered throughout the week, also.
On Monday the staff is
encouraging all students to
recycle. They will review what is
and what is not recyclable.
Teachers can “Go Green with
Jeans” on Tuesday along with
their favorite Earth Day t-shirt.
It is also Dupont’s big Science
Fair and Science Night. Come see
what the students have been
doing in science.
Wednesday is Paperless Day.
Teachers will try to teach without using paper.
BYOC Thursday– Everyone will
bring their own cup instead of
using one that will be thrown
away.
On Friday teachers will bring
their lunch to school in a manner
that creates the least amount
of trash possible.
In Kindergarten the students will
learn with environmental
Promethean board activities and
make necklaces that say, “I Love
the Earth.” They will read books
about pollution and how to reduce,
reuse, and recycle.
First graders will watch an Earth
Day video and have School Cleanup Day. Second graders will make
a book on “How to Save the
Earth.” They will receive an Earth
Day coloring book and they, too,
will clean up, find things to
recycle, and watch an Earth Day
movie.
Grade four students will have
an activity identifying trees
and learning about pollution
that affects Hopewell.
Fifth graders have a pollution
lesson and watershed models
using the Virginia Enhanced
Scope and Sequence, along
with various other activities.
Various lessons relating to
recycling and pollution are taught
in grade three along with
participation in Project Plant It!
CARTER G. WOODSON students
take the lead to show their support
The CGW Conservation Council
(6th graders) will do walkthroughs
each week in April. After observing
throughout the school, they will get
into teams (councils) to discuss
what Carter G. Woodson Middle
School can do to conserve not only
materials like paper, but also
energy (like Mr. Dunn, the HCPS
energy man!) The councils will
discuss their findings with CGW
administrators. They will also hand
out Earth Day posters throughout
the school.
The school’s courtyard is being
invaded by 7th graders! They will
be planting seeds for a new
garden there. Also, students will
bring household materials such as
water bottles, paper bags, and
paper towel rolls and then create a
new way to reuse the objects.
Physical Science students will
research local nuclear plants and
their impact on the surrounding
ecosystem. Earth Science students
will be drafting petitions relating
to ocean pollution.
As a school, CGW will participate
in no-waste Wednesdays for the
entire month of April. Teachers will
cut back on the use of worksheets
and pledge to do so for each
Wednesday in April. Instead, they
will include more Promethean board
activities and interactive
technology in their lessons.
WOODLAWN EARLY LEARNING CENTER
Every year the Environmental Protection Agency sends Earth Day booklets
to the preschoolers at Woodlawn Early Learning Center. It’s never too early
to start teaching responsibilities of keeping the planet healthy! Along with
using the booklets, the preschoolers will read books and learn songs about
the Earth.
Various events and projects are planned for the week. Students will pick
up trash around the school and then sort and recycle what they can. They
will discuss recycling and how it benefits the Earth. They will create
different kinds of art projects related to Earth Day and plant seeds to
watch their growth.
PATRICK COPELAND—celebrating indoors and out
Patrick Copeland Elementary
School teachers will work hard
teaching the students about
Earth Day.
Kindergartners will get their
hands dirty planting seeds and
making crafts using recycled
materials.
The first grade unit on Earth
Day includes reducing, reusing,
and recycling. The kids will
create a Trash-to-Treasure
project where they use
recyclable materials to build
something.
The second graders will be
decorating Randolph Market
grocery bags to distribute to
customers. Students will read
books, discuss the environment,
and then plant some seeds in
egg cartons. They will also
recycle and reuse items in the
classroom and discuss what
things from home could be
reused, recycled, and reduced to
help save our planet.
In fourth grade a trip to
Crystal Lake to clean up the
park is on the agenda. They
will also get artistic using old
magazines to decoupage
recycled milk cartons and
make bookmarks out of cereal
boxes. As part of the “reduce,
recycle, reuse” theme, they will
be planting seeds in old tires
and in baby food jars.
Fifth graders will have a hoot
making owls and Hodge Podge
Earth lanterns from recycled
materials. They will review
ways to recycle and save the
Earth. Arbor Day will turn
toward delicious with special
snacks.
Students in music will compose
and sing songs on Earth and
Arbor Day.
The Cardinal Cafe will be
offering dirt pudding. YUM!
Don’t get worms caught in your
teeth.
Teachers join the action on
Monday with the popular BYOC
day (bring your own cup). On
Tuesday, Earth Day, students
and teachers will celebrate by
wearing green or Earth-themed
shirts. Everyone is to bring a
lunch that doesn’t make any
trash on Wednesday. On
Thursday teachers will teach
without using any paper! Friday,
each grade level will plant a
different seed in the raised
flower beds in the school’s
outdoor classroom.
Home Depot and the PC Watch
D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great
Students) are coming to help
work in the outdoor classroom
during the week.
HOPEWELL HIGH SCHOOL
SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
3rd Annual
Trash Sculpture Contest
April 22, 2014
Hopewell High School will celebrate Earth Day 2014 by increasing environmental
awareness with a Trash Sculpture Contest. Students in each science class will use their
imagination, creativity and artistic ability as they work collectively to create a work of art
(sculpture) from reused and recycled materials.
All entries will be judged by volunteers from the school’s administration, faculty and staff.
Entries will be displayed for judging at the following times:
9:05 a.m.
12:50 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
The top 3 winners from each class period will receive a prize and proudly display their
sculptures in the school (until May 2nd). In addition, a pizza party will be awarded to the
class that creates the best overall sculpture.
In keeping with the sustainability objectives of reduce, reuse, recycle, and reinvent, the
Trash Sculpture Contest aims to highlight the many uses that commonplace objects can
have and encourages creative ways of putting discarded items back into use. In addition,
when students collect materials for use in the sculpting contest, they are likely to give
extra thought to items they ordinarily throw away; by sorting the used and unused
sculpting materials for recycling after the contest, they can visualize the importance of
recycling – locally, regionally and globally.
Ordinary objects such as newspapers, plastic bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard boxes were pieced
together to form works of art at the 2nd Annual HHS Trash Sculpture Contest on April 22, 2013.

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