Creativity and Good Deeds Go Together!
Last year, third grade classes at P.S. 8 launched an initiative to support sustainability and the environment. They spent the entire school year learning about, and teaching others, how to 'be green.' They designed and sold cloth grocery bags to raise money for Adopt-A-Rainforest. They started paper recycling in all classrooms, studied the effects of rainforest destruction and global warming on our planet, wrote letters to big companies and elected officials, gave presentations in other classes, and wrote and performed songs with musical instruments made from recycled materials.
Bey O'Brien and Madeline Mardiks display their good work
These are the creative lyrics to one of their songs:
Mother earth we love you so
We will do anything to save you
We could plant some trees
recycle cans and glass
Don't litter anymore
stop stop stop
When it comes to plastic, be elastic
Reuse that bottle again
Don't throw it away
Stop stop stop
Put the waste over there
If you litter it's just unfair
Stop stop stop
Car pooling could save some gas
Save some energy and have a blast!
Let's go Let's go Let's go
Their efforts did not go unnoticed. Rain Forest Alliance has noted the school and the children's fundraising efforts as a "school success story". For more information about the organization, visit
Rainforest Alliance.
Posted on: December 23, 2008
