Our Middle School is up and running with composting stations. We will be adding a Compost Tumbler for the community to use there as well. At the High School we have saved over 100 take out containers from the landfill. We’ve also used compostable cutlery to cutdown on plastic waste. Over all our class has composted more than 100 lbs of food waste. We have a compost worm farm on site as well. Students are excited to share our sustainability progress with the community.
All three composters are up and running!
Students finished up work on composters today! In total we have 3 outdoor composters.
Our first meal sent out with compostable containers and cutlery! Teachers have a compost can in the teachers lounge.
Students met September 5th with our Middle School Chapter. We discussed distributing compost containers next meeting. Students worked on worming composting and discussed various sustainability challenges. We plan to present our work at the 2024 VA FCCLA conference.
Our supplies are trickling in. Students are setting up composting bins in the kitchen. Outdoors we started our compost garden with worms today.
Action plan:
Timeline: project will begin September 5th will all high school and middle school students involved. Students will be brainstorming prior. As soon as composters and bins are ordered we will get going.
Budget: compost turner, 6 compost kitchen containers, 2 large compost containers for middle and high schools, compostable containers and disposable silverware, PR materials.
Impact: we plan to start with secondary education and collaborate with agricultural classes. We are working with local farmers market to do educational demonstrations. We will weigh and have measurable goals of compostable materials.
Location: Yes we have permission from school administrators.
We have identified students at the middle school and high school level who are helping with the sustainability aspect of the project.
Students in class and our CTSO will all be working on this project.
