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The annual Project Clean Sweep will take place this Saturday, April 24 in Rifle. Volunteers are encouraged to join in on this downtown cleanup which will begin at 8:30 a.m. at Alpine Bank (on Railroad Ave.) and last until 12:30 p.m. The event is hosted by the Rifle Chamber of Commerce, Alpine Bank and the Rifle Downtown Development Association. Volunteers will be treated to a free lunch catered by WinNutz Bar & Grill. Helen Rogers, left, DDA Manager, and Blair Bracken, event coordinator with the Rifle Chamber will be there to help coordinate the effort.
Sedona Kellogg, a fourth-grader at Kathryn Senor Elementary School in New Castle gets what Earth Day is all about. In fact, she won the essay contest in Mrs. Ricker's class explaining the meaning of Earth Day.
“Wow! Did you know that the five million automobiles on Earth each burn two gallons of fuel a day?” Kellogg wrote in the opening paragraph of her essay. “That's ten million gallons all together. There are several ways to save Earth. Well, three — reduce, reuse, recycle. Recycle paper, reuse bags and reduce the amount of energy we use and the gas we burn.”
The essay writing contest was only one of several events held at KSE to celebrate the third annual “Earth Spirit Week” at the school.
On Monday, the school's classrooms went “paperless.”
“The idea was not to use any new paper,” said Chris DeSimone, instructional coach at KSE. “You use a slate board or the recycling bin.”
Tuesday the students were encouraged to wear hand-me-down clothing and to re-use paper products.
Reducing waste and reusing products was the theme for Thursday, with students encouraged to bring their own water bottles and reusable containers with them for lunch.
“On Thursday (Earth Day), everyone is supposed to wear green to show their support for Mother Earth,” DeSimone said. “And Friday is recycle day.”
But Earth Day is every day at KSE. The school has a “Go Green Team” which was started three years ago and is made up of parent, teacher and student volunteers. DiSmone is also the head of the Go Green Team.
On April 17, the Go Green Team held a “Reduce and Reuse Rummage Sale” in celebration of Earth Day.
“All the money raised will be used to purchas trees for the KSE playground in the back,” DeSimone said.
“We meet every month and do fundraising activities and promote recycling,” she said.
The school also hosts a walk/bike/carpool competition twice a year, along with 16 other schools in Garfield County. The next competition will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, April 27-29, and the class with the most participation wins a $2,000 prize.
At KSE, it's not just “Earth Day” — it's more like “Earth Month.”
And as one little fourth-grader put it so well in her winning essay:
“Clearly, the planet's natural resources are important to everyone. What will you do to preserve our planet? Here's an idea — ride a bike or unplug a TV! Simple, right? But, if we don't, life as we know it could change dramatically, forever.”
“Wow! Did you know that the five million automobiles on Earth each burn two gallons of fuel a day?” Kellogg wrote in the opening paragraph of her essay. “That's ten million gallons all together. There are several ways to save Earth. Well, three — reduce, reuse, recycle. Recycle paper, reuse bags and reduce the amount of energy we use and the gas we burn.”
The essay writing contest was only one of several events held at KSE to celebrate the third annual “Earth Spirit Week” at the school.
On Monday, the school's classrooms went “paperless.”
“The idea was not to use any new paper,” said Chris DeSimone, instructional coach at KSE. “You use a slate board or the recycling bin.”
Tuesday the students were encouraged to wear hand-me-down clothing and to re-use paper products.
Reducing waste and reusing products was the theme for Thursday, with students encouraged to bring their own water bottles and reusable containers with them for lunch.
“On Thursday (Earth Day), everyone is supposed to wear green to show their support for Mother Earth,” DeSimone said. “And Friday is recycle day.”
But Earth Day is every day at KSE. The school has a “Go Green Team” which was started three years ago and is made up of parent, teacher and student volunteers. DiSmone is also the head of the Go Green Team.
On April 17, the Go Green Team held a “Reduce and Reuse Rummage Sale” in celebration of Earth Day.
“All the money raised will be used to purchas trees for the KSE playground in the back,” DeSimone said.
“We meet every month and do fundraising activities and promote recycling,” she said.
The school also hosts a walk/bike/carpool competition twice a year, along with 16 other schools in Garfield County. The next competition will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, April 27-29, and the class with the most participation wins a $2,000 prize.
At KSE, it's not just “Earth Day” — it's more like “Earth Month.”
And as one little fourth-grader put it so well in her winning essay:
“Clearly, the planet's natural resources are important to everyone. What will you do to preserve our planet? Here's an idea — ride a bike or unplug a TV! Simple, right? But, if we don't, life as we know it could change dramatically, forever.”
