Fall 2008 Student Innovation Grants

Isaac Fox Green Team Cafeteria Sink Cart for Recycling
Peg Higgins, Advisor                                                                                $ 500.00
The Isaac Fox "Green Team" will construct a sink cart and purchase recycling containers for plastic and aluminum beverage containers in the cafeteria.  The Green Team consists of 28 students who currently work on collecting the paper for recycling at the school and they want to expand their buildings recycling program to include plastic and aluminum.  The sink cart is model after a unit currently in use at Middle School South an the Applied Technology teacher at South who created the cart will help the Green Team with their construction.

Spencer Loomis Student Council Paper and Cafeteria Recycling
Billy Spicer, Advisor                                                                                  $ 500.00            
The Spencer Loomis Student Council wants to expand the informal recycling program at Spencer Loomis by adding additional paper recycling bins in the hallways and plastic, aluminum and styrofoam recycling in the cafeteria.  The grant will be used for assorted recycling bins.  The student council will initially collect recyclables until the program expands to include other students.  The students will monitor and record the building progress to recycle more each week.

Charles Quentin Student Council Butterfly Pavilion
Mel Fox, Advisor                                                                                         $ 500.00
The grant will be used to purchase 9 classroom butterfly pavilions to raise and release butterflies for the Charles Quentin closing ceremonies at the end of the school year.  The students will learn about the life cycle of the butterfly as they hatch and develop until their release.  After their release, the butterflies will aid in pollination of the area and the Charles Quentin students will believe that every butterfly they see over the summer is one they helped raised as they remember their days at Charles Quentin.  All 362 students in the school will be involved in the project as the 18 classrooms will pair up to share the 9 butterfly pavilions.