On Friday, April 25th, 2008, Mrs. Tew's 6th grade science classes picked up trash and recorded data about the trash from six different areas around the school campus. The results of our trash collection are below:
| Campus Clean Up Tally Sheet | |||||||||||
| aluminum | paper | plastic | styrofoam | fabric | glass | cig butts | other | period total | |||
| Tennis court area/back of buildings | 40 | 155 | 291 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 545 | ||
| Buildings 1, 2, 17, 4, Star Café | 159 | 309 | 384 | 3 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 188 | 1100 | ||
| Soccer Field Area | 107 | 366 | 298 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 102 | 925 | ||
| Front of school/parking lot | 96 | 318 | 324 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 109 | 82 | 970 | ||
| Café 3, buildings 7, 8, 10 | 111 | 172 | 269 | 12 | 66 | 8 | 6 | 92 | 736 | ||
| K playground, buildings 12, 16, 11 | 67 | 155 | 246 | 38 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 597 | ||
| Total # pieces | 580 | 1475 | 1812 | 71 | 222 | 26 | 122 | 565 | 4873 | ||
After analyzing the data, the students brainstormed a list of suggestions for how to keep our campus clean...
1. place recycle bins around campus – especially for water bottles
2. more trash cans
3. volunteers (students) to clean up
4. wider trash cans
5. no littering signs
6. patrols to watch for litterbugs
7. recycling box in the classrooms
8. each grade take a turn in cleaning up the campus monthly
9. just pick up after ourselves
10. fines
11. ask parents/visitors not to smoke on our campus – not even in the parking lot
12. put up no smoking signs at the entrance of school
13. make campus cleanup an elective
14. rewards for cleaning up – no uniform day
15. have one class each day be responsible for cleaning up designated areas
16. more trash cans in the middle school area
17. no food or trash allowed out of the cafes
18. signs reminding everyone to throw away their trash
19. use cameras to catch people littering
20. parents in pick up line should be reminded not to smoke on our campus
21. colored trash cans – easier to see
We will be working with our administration, student body and staff to implement some of these suggestions during the coming school year. In the meantime, please do your part and help us keep the school clean! Thanks.