‘Race To End Waste’, a school-wide interdisciplinary project, strives to educate students, teachers and the community through various conservation initiatives. Complete Building Corporation, a local commercial general contracting company, partnered with College Park Middle School for 2009, to launch their new environmental program that teaches conservation begins in the classroom. The program is a direct result of the company’s employee directed charitable giving. Complete Building Corporation employees will be active participants throughout the project; culminating with the construction of a greenhouse for the students at the conclusion of the project in late April 2009.

Motivated by friendly competition, homerooms will collect recyclable materials throughout the school year and the homeroom collecting the most by the competition’s end will be awarded a field trip on the Spirit of South Carolina . Additionally, the curriculum will incorporate the principles of conservation and sustainability.

Complete Building Corporation's goal is to add an additional school to the program each so that in the next ten years every middle school in Berkeley County will have conservation initiatives as part of thier curriculum, as well as a greenhouse.

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homeroom

Grade
Homeroom
Sept Totals
Students
Student Avg.
6
Antley
0
17
0
6
Day
203.15
24
8.46
6
Delovich
163.75
26
6.30
6
Meyers
0
14
0
6
Mixon
181.60
25
7.26
6
Owens
595.70
20
29.79
6
Reed
95.05
24
3.96
6
Roberson
400.54
24
16.69
6
Scheafer
22.50
27
0.83
6
Thompson
160.72
25
6.43
7
Bearden
20.70
19
1.09
7
Beckley
9.00
24
0.38
7
Bowie
4.00
20
0.20
7
Delong
0
28
0
7
Hogg
0
14
0
7
Pascqualicchio
0
23
0
7
Pulaski
112
21
5.33
7
Williams S
214.86
20
11.94
SPED
15.65
28
0.56
7-8
Miner
13.50
23
0.59
7-8
Rogers
45.30
13
3.48
7-8
Shoemaker
34.60
25
1.38
7-8
Williams S
214.86
18
11.94
8
Childers
189.60
25
7.58
8
Fawcett
0
19
0
8
Hawkins
0
22
0
8
Harrell
86.90
21
4.14
8
Miller
6.15
21
.29
8
Stevenson
105.30
25
4.21
8
Via
0
16
0
8
Williams DE
89.95
24
3.58
College Park Totals
2779.12
675
4.12

 



Jerell Peters
8th Grade
Mrs. Rogers Homeroom

Jerell Peters has and continues to do an otstanding job of saving our planet. His motivation is an inspiration at CPM. Jerell has brought in hundreds of pounds of recyclables; everything from books to plastics to loads of cardboard.His enthusiasm for recycling has helped to enlist the aid of his family and othermembers of the CPM comunity.Jerell in an eighth grade student in Mrs. Rogers homeroom which until recently was struggling to keep up with the competition. Our homeroom may not be at the top of the competition but thanks to Jerell's efforts we're on our way, gaining momentum in hopes to take a ride on the Spirit of South Carolina. Jerell is dedicated to saving the environment one recyclable at a time. Thanks Jerell! Hooray for gooing green!

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College Park Turns Trash into Art
By Brian Lariviere, College Park Middle School Art Teacher


On Saturday, October 18th, Earth Force sponsored a “Trash to Art” competition at the Middleton Plantation Garden Festival. College Park Middle School’s 8th Grade advanced Art students worked for two weeks constructing stunning and earth-friendly creations, including a project named “Water Lilies” made completely out of water bottles. We are proud of all our participants. Special congratulations to the students who developed the three winning projects! Check out the photo gallery to see pictures of the students’ work.

Ingrid Dukes, the principal of College Park Middle School. " It has been so amazing to see how seriously our students have taken the recycling program. It has been equally gratifying to see thier PARENTS get into the spirit of our RACE TO ELIMINATE WASTE!!!!!!!!!!"


 
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