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ACS Students Participate in State, National Recycle Bowl Contest, Also Create Art From Recycled Materials

ACS students participated in a month-long contest focused on promoting recycling that concluded on November 15. Middle school students, under the direction of science teacher Celine Melody, collected bags of recycling from elementary classrooms and administrative offices each week, and weighed and tallied the amount collected as the part of their school’s participation in the state and national Recycle Bowl contest. High school students also collected and tabulated the school’s recycling efforts carried out in classrooms and offices on the second floor of the school building. The Atlantic County Utilities Authority assisted ACS in organizing the contest, which has the goal of establishing and increasing recycling programs and awareness in schools.  Mrs. Melody will be submitting the school’s final tallies for the contest in mid-December.

In addition to the state and national contest, elementary level classes were paired with different middle school classes into four different teams that competed for an intra-school contest to see which team could collect the most recycled items. The combined team of the two kindergarten classes and the 6th grade classes came in first place, collecting a total of 179 pounds of recycling.  The team of Mrs. Coates’ 8B class , Mr. Tardif’s 4B class, and the 5th grade classes came in a close second place, collecting 171 pounds of recycling.

“We’re really proud of the effort and enthusiasm from all of our students during the contest and we want to keep encouraging recycling throughout the rest of the school year,” said Mrs. Melody. The winning classes were announced during chapel on November 30 and each class received an ACUA “Supercan” stuffed toy to keep in their classrooms until next year’s contest. In December, the kindergarten classes will also receive the prize of a movie and popcorn party and the 6th grade class will enjoy a movie and ice cream party.

The theme of recyling and finding ways to re-purpose recycled items carried over into Mrs. Mirakian’s art classes as well.  An 8th grade art class created 3-D tree sculptures made from recycled materials that were put on display in late October in the hallway outside the Art Room. To begin the recycled art project, the students first went outside to look at trees planted in different locations on the school campus. Mrs. Mirakian had the students create a 2-dimensional drawing of one of the trees they had seen, taking note of the tree’s trunk, branches, leaves, and other structural parts, and the surface area surrounding the tree trunk.  The students were then given the task of building a 3-D sculpture based on their drawing and using a variety of recycled materials, such as puzzles pieces, newspaper, bottle caps, old pennies, bubblewrap, and paper towel rolls.

 

 

Let the Recycling Begin — ACS to Compete in “Recycle Bowl” from October 15-November 15

Students in 6th to 12th grade are leading a school-wide effort to participate in the Recycle Bowl, a national contest that promotes recycling in schools. To inform and excite students about the importance of recycling, middle school students made presentations in elementary classrooms during the first week of October.  The students created eye-catching posters that are now hanging in various classrooms to remind students and staff to recycle. On Friday, October 12, a video promoting recycling that was created by ACS high school students was shown during chapel to kick off the start of the Recycle Bowl contest on Monday. The contest will end on November 15 and ACS will be competing against other schools in the region and across the country for prizes.

Students will be collecting bags filled with recycled items from classrooms, offices, and the lunchroom each week, weighing them, and recording the results as part of the contest. Middle school science teacher Celine Melody and high school science teachers Dave Genter and Rebecca Stonelake are overseeing the effort. Let the recycling begin!

Recycled Art Is Theme of K-12 Art Program – Plastic Creamer Bottles, Bottle Caps Needed Materials

Recycled art is the theme of this year’s K-12th grade art program.  To start off the year, several elementary classes will be creating 3-D people sculptures using plastic creamer bottles. High school students in Art I and Art Workshop will be creating mosaic art out of plastic bottle caps.

Art teacher Sherry Mirakian is asking students and parents to save and send in these items over the next three weeks to assist with the completion of these projects.  There are recycling containers outside of the 1st floor Art Room where these items can be dropped off.

Mrs. Mirakian said she will be collecting different recyclable items in November and over the rest of the year, including such items as plastic bottles, toilet paper rolls, cardboard, wire, egg cartons, and plastic grocery bags. Notices of items needed will be sent home with elementary students. Thank you for your participation.