MOTHER SETON SCHOOL GREEN SCHOOL INITIATIVE

Student, Staff & Community Involvement 

TRASH REDUCED!
Thanks to switching to reusable trays and lunch containers, we reduced daily lunch trash from 6 to 2.5 bags! Thank You!

Grade 1:   Humming Birds

Hang and Maintain feeders
Identify the species
Record sightings

Grade 2:   Butterflies

 Grow butterflies in classroom
Identify the species
Record sightings

 Grade 3:   Growing Pumpkins

 Plant seeds in Spring
Record their growth
Harvest pumpkin in Fall

 Grade 4:   Bird Watching

 Identify different species
Keep a record of sightings
Make A.M. announcements about sightings

 Grade 5:   Herb Garden

 Plant seeds in the Spring
Record what grows
Harvest Herbs in Fall

 Grades 6—8:  Involvement in Science Club or Student Council

School Projects Updates

Pastor Jon Greenstone from Elias Lutheran Church is shown demonstrating planting to MSS Brownie Troop 1379 who came to assist at Mother Seton School's Ground Day. Over 300 donated trees and shrubs create a riparian buffer—reducing erosion—along the sides of the streams that border the school’s property. Species were chosen for appeal to area wildlife and being adaptive to the ecosystem.

Grade 1:  First grade found a “Huge Mushroom” outside their classroom window.  The students looked on the internet for information about mushrooms  and found out that the mushroom was in fact a “Puff Ball”.  Way-to-Go First Grade!! 

Middle School:  Their mission Worm Rescue!  The students carefully removed the worms off the playground after a heavy rain and placed them back in the grass where they live!
 
Grade 3:  The Third Grade students spent time removing trash from their playground at recess! Way-to-Go Third Grade!

 Cafeteria:  We now recycle plastic and aluminum!

 All Students of MSS:  All students of MSS now recycle paper in their classrooms!