Tuesday, December 20, 2011

SAM Green Team Members of the Month

Congratulations to Stone and Melanie for being the SAM Green Team members of the month for December. These two dedicated individuals are recognized for their outstanding "green" efforts.

Monday, December 5, 2011

GREEN TEAM POSTERS ARE UP!!

We have hung up some new posters around the classrooms, and cafeteria. These posters are about recycling and packing a waste free lunch! Please have a look at them and help support our green initiatives :)

_The Green Team

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

TD Environment Art Contest

A huge thank you to those who submitted entries for the TD environment art contest. Six superb entries were handed in. Thank you to those talented artists on a job well done! The art work has now been sent off!

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Green Team Executive Committee 2011-2012

The list of the Green Team Executive Committee 2011-2012:

Co-Presidents- Alina Sharukh, Yin Wang

Co-Vice Presidents- Joey Kuang, Kristen Price


Secretary- Tarindi Welikala


Advisor- Zanib Sajjad


and the bloggers- Jenny / MinhHanh Doan


We will update you more with news from the Green Team!

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Friends of the Environment Art Contest

TD Friends of the Environment and Earth Day Canada are sponsoring an exciting contest!!!

The grand prize winner receives the following:

-A $7,500 grant to the winner’s school to support the development of an outdoor classroom or schoolyard naturalization project.
-A digital camera (ERV $200).
-The winner’s artwork to appear on the limited-edition TD FEF bag.
-A limited-edition TD FEF bag – featuring the winning artwork – for every child and teacher at the winner’s school.
-A litterless lunch box for each student in the winner’s classroom.

For more information, check out the following link:
http://www.fef.td.com/artcontest/

Please see Ms. Ma for a registration form.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE TO MS. MA: OCTOBER 7TH!

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Waste-free lunch

This year the Green Team is encouraging everyone to bring a waste-free lunch to school. This will reduce the amount of waste we send to landfills!


What is a waste-free lunch?
-use thermoses or water bottles instead of plastic water bottles or juice cartons
-use a reusable lunch container to bring sandwiches and other main dishes
-use cloth napkins
-use stainless steel forks and spoons
-use reusable lunch boxes



Let's all do our part for the environment!