Friday, November 5, 2010

Boomerang Lunch Program


Hey LKS,

Do you remember the Boomerang Lunch Program from last year??? Well, we are asking all of you to participate once again in this successful program to help reduce waste. Are you up for the challenge???

Here is a little reminder of the Boomerang Lunch Program.
“Boomerang” lunches are those that consist of absolutely 0% garbage! Yes, 0%!
Every piece of the student's lunch that is not consumed is to be returned home. This includes any leftover food, containers, recyclables, and even garbage.

The purpose of the “Boomerang Lunch Program” is to increase awareness in our students as to the amount of waste generated in one day’s lunch. Furthermore the program will encourage and enforce the use of reusable containers and eradicate disposable ones, thus helping to do our part in reducing the amount of garbage produced in our school.

What can I include in my “Boomerang” lunch?
☺Reusable lunch bag or box
☺Reusable containers for packing food (no foil, plastic wrap/plastic bags)
☺Reusable drink containers (thermos or reusable bottle)
☺Non-disposable cutlery and cloth napkin

Thank you and we appreciate your support,

Eco Warriors

2010/2011 Eco Warriors Have Arrived!!!

The Eco Warriors would like to invite everyone to join in on their first initiative of the year - Let the Sunlight In!

Starting on Monday, November 8th, students will be making an announcement after lunch (accompanied by some "sunny" music) reminding classes to turn off their lights for an hour and let the sunshine in. Students from the Eco Warriors group will then come around and help colour in some tracking charts (these charts will then be placed in our Eco Binder). Eventually, we hope that the Eco Warriors can encourage some of the younger students to learn to colour these charts in on their own. We hope that everyone can help us save electricity by letting some sunshine in!!


Also, a reminder to everyone of our Walking Wednesday program - Please encourage students to walk to school instead of using a car. Nov. 10th will be the first walking Wednesday and after this, it will be the first Wednesday of every month (Dec. 1, Jan.5, Feb.2, Mar.2, Apr.6, May 4, June 1).