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01/24/17 Glacier Park Elementary

Glacier Parks Waste Free Lunch Challenge begins February 1st. Green Team students are currently educating and handing out awards for all those students who bring part of a waste free lunch. On February 1st they will be looking for student who have brought a total waste free lunch. Those students will receive a paw print, write your name on it and put it in the waste free lunch box. Weekly we will draw out winners for some great prizes. Bring a waste free lunch.

01/03/17 Glacier Park Elementary

Monday Nov 28th Glacier Park recycles! The Green Team wants to remind all Students and staff members to recycle all paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, cans, and milk and juice cartons. Look for the blue containers in the classroom, offices and lunchroom. Thank you for recycling!

01/03/17 Glacier Park Elementary

Monday December 5th Glacier Park Recycles! Try to finish drinking your milk or juice. But if you have left over, remember to pour out leftover liquids from your carton, bottle or can before you place the EMPTY container in the recycling. Caps and straws go in the garbage- not in recycling. Thank you for recycling.

01/03/17 Glacier Park Elementary

Monday December 12th Glacier Park Recycles! What happens to the materials we place in our blue recycling containers? They are taken to recycling companies that use them to make new products. For example, plastic bottles are made into carpets, park benches, and fleece jackets. Thank you for recycling!

01/03/17 Glacier Park Elementary

Monday December 19th Glacier Park Recycles! Can you recycle cans? Yes, you can! Aluminum cans can be recycled in the cafeteria. Please make sure they are completely empty before you place them in the recycling containers. Recycling not only decreases garbage but it saves energy. By recycling one aluminum can, enough energy can be saved to run a computer for three hours. Thank you for recycling!

01/03/17 Glacier Park Elementary

Tuesday January 3rd Glacier Park Recycles! Question: What do zip lock bags, candy wrappers, chip bags, and plastic utensils have in common? Answer: They should not be placed in the recycling containers. They are garage. Help keep our recycling containers free of contaminants by placing these items in the garbage. Thanks for Recycling!

01/03/17 Glacier Park Elementary

Monday January 9th In the lunch room the yellow container is for food scraps and food soiled paper like napkins. Items you can put in this container are meat, bread, vegetables, fruit, and napkins. Remember if you can

01/03/17 Glacier Park Elementary

Tuesday January 17th Food scrapes and food soiled paper can make up as much as 1/3 of a school

01/03/17 Glacier Park Elementary

Tuesday January 24th Did you know that the food scrapes collected from our school are composted and turned into nutrient-rich compost that will nourish the soil in gardens around Maple Valley? It only takes six weeks for food scraps to be composted. Thanks for composting!

01/03/17 Glacier Park Elementary

Monday January 30th Capri Sun juice pouches can not be recycled. Please tell your parents to purchase juice in juice boxes. This will help us cut down on the garbage going to the land fill and help us save our planet. Thank you for recycling!