Start of the School Year

Here are some of the things going on at St. Rita Catholic School with our Eco-Squad:

It has been six weeks that have gone by. We have the book exchange and have lots of new helpers that have joined the Eco-Squad.

We are still thinking of more great ideas for our school and out Eco-Squad.

Some of these ideas that we are thinking about are:

• take old clothes and turn them into new things. Have a Fashion Show and present to the school
• have a contest to turn the garbage can upside down and see how long a class can keep it empty
• connecting with other Eco-Squads on-line to try and come up with great ideas in schools
• having an Earth Hour every week

These are some of the ideas that we have for the year.

Why do we do this stuff:

• we want to help the planet
• we want to keep our school nice, clean and safe
• we get to work with our friends
• we are kelping the school

If you want to connect with us, let us know so we can work together and brainstorm.

Below are some pictures of things our Eco-Squad is doing this year.

The Book Exchange

The Recycling Cart

One of Our Compost Bins

Some of the Trees We have Planted

By: Jaha and Noah

Pictures by: Dustin

Update on our Book Exchange

Our Book Exchange Corner


Well our book exchange is up and running in celebration of Earth Week. We have had some people come by and donate some books so we are very excited to get some books into the hands of St. Rita students and to build our library.


We think this is a great idea to help the environment and we are looking for ideas for things to do next.


Here is what it looks like right now!

Things We Are Doing at St. Rita

These are some of the things we are doing at St.Rita:

The GOOS Project

The G.O.O.S stands for Good On One Side. These bins will be in every classroom to use as scrap paper or graphic organizers. We are doing this because we would like to reduce paper that still has a blank side on it in our recycle bins. We hope that the students will use these bins.

We write blurbs for the newsletter.

We do skits at the assembly.

We had Sweater Day and are having Reusable Water Bottle Day.

We make bin liners for the classroom compost bins.

We will participate in Earth Hour and hopefully have one once a week.

If anyone's reading this, share some ideas on how you help the environment at your school.