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Local School Moms Represent!
Mothers representing William Anderson, Mark Twain, Jane Addams and Billy Mitchell schools presented to the Board of Trustees recently. In the photo, they are alongside Lawndale Elementary School
District Director of Special Projects Julie Kane. Photo Courtesy of Lawndale ESD.
FDR Elementary Recognized in
Grades of Green Challenge
Lawndale’s very own F.D. Roosevelt
Elementary School has earned recognition
from Grades of Green with the Best Food
Recovery Award as part of the latter organization’s
7th annual Trash Free Lunch Challenge.
After months of sorting lunchtime waste,
hosting educational assemblies on waste
reduction, and packing trash free lunches,
Grades of Green selected its finalist schools
-- with all campuses diverting a whopping 463
tons of combined waste from local landfills.
Twenty schools located in the greater Los
Angeles area –including F.D. Elementary --
entered the Trash Free Lunch Challenge in the
fall of 2017 to see which school could divert
the most waste and best inspire its student
body to adopt lifelong waste reduction habits.
Grades of Green provided each school with
a personalized advisor, leadership training
webinars for student leaders, an educational
assembly, an eco-starter kit, and a customized
waste reduction plan. Grades of Green
Team student leaders ask peers to reduce
trash by bringing reusable lunch containers
and using lunchtime sorting stations to form
habits that will protect the environment for
years to come.
As in past years, the schools exceeded
expectations. The Trash Free Lunch Challenge
schools collectively diverted over 46,300
bags of trash from local landfills -- and more
impressive than trash bag reduction were the
students who made it happen. The schools
educated over 13,000 students on waste
reduction. Each of these students, including
those who buy lunch, learned to sort waste
into share box/food donation, compost, liquids,
recyclables, landfill waste, and tray stacking.
This year’s Challenge schools achieved a 66
percent average lunchtime waste diversion rate.
“The goal of the Trash Free Lunch Challenge
is not only to reduce waste but also
to teach children how to reuse, recycle and
compost. Educating students through programs
such as these furthers our mission
of converting waste into resources in the
communities we serve,” said Grace Robinson
Hyde, Sanitation Districts’ chief engineer and
general manager.
“We are so impressed with the student
leadership at our Trash Free Lunch Challenge
schools,” said Allie Bussjaeger, Grades of
Green’s director of regional programs. “These
students have gone above and beyond to inspire
their campus communities to reduce waste.
From delivering classroom presentations, to
hosting grade level competitions, to making
educational videos, these students are making
waste reduction easy and fun!”
– Source: Grades of Green •
“Education is the most powerful weapon
which you can use to change the world.”
– Nelson Mandela