Middle school and high school students and staff are lining up to fill their water bottles with healthy, refreshing filtered water from the school’s second new water bottle filling station, located on the 2nd floor of the school building near the bathrooms. The purchase of the new filling station was made possible by a donation from ACS parents Dr. Salaam and Lauren Alobeidy.
The Elkay filling station, which also has a regular water fountain in the front, was installed on January 3 by ACS parent and licensed plumber Phil Kates, and has already been used by our middle school and high school students and staff to fill over 160 water bottles. Pictured filling up their bottles in between classes are, from left, ACS high school seniors Emily Kelley, Ben Noble, and Dan Roland.
“We are very grateful for the generosity from our school families who support our efforts to provide a healthy learning environment for our students and staff,” said Chief School Administrator Karen Oblen. Oblen said the new filling station encourages everyone to drink more water and also has a positive impact on the environment, reducing the usage of disposable plastic water bottles. ACS is also grateful to Lowe’s in Egg Harbor Township for providing discounted pricing on the machine.
ACS installed its first water bottle filling station in the 1st floor Multi-Purpose Room in the spring of 2018. It was purchased with a grant from the AtlantiCare Healthy Schools, Healthy Children program. That filling station has been used to fill now close to 52,000 water bottles.