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Habitat Restoration

Mother Seton School is proud to be a Monarch Waystation. 

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Pictured are second grade students releasing the Monarch Butterflies that they raised (9/2021)

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Healthy School Environment

Green Cleaning and Air Quality

Each year, the Science Club tests and perfects green cleaners for classroom use. Members also test air quality of the school and report the findings to the school community during morning announcements.

Students making and testing cleaning solutions (2/22)

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Students hanging test cards for air quality testing (2/22)

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Testing for Ozone

Seventh Grade students made ozone test paper strips and then tested various sites around our school and around their homes. Results were shared with the school community on the morning announcements. (10/21)

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Classroom Plants

Many of our classrooms have plants that students help to care for. We use our plants to teach about the benefits of increased humidity, decrease in carbon dioxide and natural air purifaction.

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An example of classroom job of 'Gardener' (10/21). 

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Healthy Eating Club

6th grade students are invited to participate in the Healthy Eating Club, which meets once a month during lunch. Each member brings a dish to share. We research why the food shared is healthy or how we can make our favorite dishes healthier. We also emphasize the benefits of using local produce.

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Walk-a-Thon

Another great tradition at Mother Seton School is the annual Walk-a-Thon. We combine exercise and fresh air with fundraising to help those in need. Our students follow a 2-mile course that winds around the campus and our neighborhood. Each year, the proceeds raised are donated to a cause. Past recipients include the Sister Brenda Monahan Scholarship Fund, the Catoctin Pregnancy Center, a local alumnus battling cancer, and Daughters of Charity missions overseas.

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Field Day

We always end our school year with fun and fellowship outside on the school grounds. Students enjoy friendly competion and team work while participating in field day games that promote execise and being outdoors.

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Herb Garden

We have installed two raised bed herb gardens in the front of the school so that the entire community can help themselves to fresh herbs. 

Pictured are seventh grade students planting garlic to explore overwinter growing. (9/2021)

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Learning Outside

We use our school grounds as outdoor classrooms whenever possible.

 

Sixth Grade students studied rate of decay in different environments using raw pork and oranges in wet soil, dry soil, and submerged in our rill. (5/2021).

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Kindergarten students taking a nature walk (10/2019)

 

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Pre-K planted wildflowers (4/2021)

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Pictured below are Middle School students working on assignments (10/2020)

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Solid Waste Reduction

We try very hard to help our students assume responsibile stewarship by donating items that can be used by others not only as a away of helping those in need, but as a way to reuse items and reduce solid waste in landfills. Examples include:

Used Uniforms

Students are encouraged to donate school uniforms that no longer fit so that they can be reused. Uniforms that can no longer be used are donated to our neighbors, the Emmitsburg Glass Company, to be used as rags.

Pictured here are the uniform closets (10/2021)

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Reusable Water Bottles and Refilling Stations

Each student was given a reusable water bottle to be refilled as needed at the water refilling stations.

As of March 7, we have saved 13,440 plastic, single use water bottles by using our water bottle refilling stations!

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Tabs for Ronald McDonald House

Our entire school community participates in collecting tabs from aluminum cans for the Ronald McDonald program.

 

Recycling Old Markers, and Crayons

Used markers are collected and recycled through Crayola's Color Cycle Marker collection and old crayons are recycled through The Color Initiative.

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Our Worm Farm

Using our food scraps to help our plants rather than wasting them at Mother Seton School. Student volunteers collect food scraps at lunch and put them in the worm farm. Volunteers also clean out the farm in the spring and put the castings on our gardens.

Shown here are  student volunteers feeding the worms after lunch (10/2021)

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Wands for Wildlife 

We collected used (cleaned) mascara wands to be used to care for animals.

Tuesday News Announcement Asking for Wands

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Water Conservation

Rain Barrels

Our students are all aware of the rain barrels we have placed near the playground and our gardens. We use the collected rain to water our butterfly garden, the herb garden and classroom plants.

Pictured is a second grade student collecting water for our trees (11/21)

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Pictured below are 8th grade students collecting water for plants in their classroom. (9/21)

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