Waverly Elementary School

At Waverly, we are committed to reducing the amount of waste sent to landfills and incinerators through our recycling programs.Students, staff, and parents are actively involved in recycling in the classrooms and in the cafeteria. hrough these student-driven recycling initiatives: Terracycle and the Elmer's Glue Stick collection program , we have r... ecycled over 123, 737 juice pouch containers and over 120 glue sticks throughout the 2014-2015 school year. uring Earth Week of 2014, we began a composting pilot for the Howard County Public School System. hroughout the Spring, the students collected food scraps and green waste, which was added to create humus to add to our Waverly vegetable and butterfly gardens. Our student led, Green School Club, created info-commercials on how to implement these recycling initiatives and their benefits to the environment. he club has also worked to maintain the vegetable and butterfly gardens by clearing brush and weeds in order to provide a safe habitat for butterflies and other animals. Our school has formed a valuable partnership with the Watershed Academy through the Howard County Conservancy.Students have been actively engaged in learning activities related to the prevention of erosion on our school grounds. he stewards from the Watershed Academy, in collaboration with the Green School Committee, began the 2014 school year providing community outreach to our families through our FallFest celebration. A booth was set up that offered activities for the students and offered informational tools for families in how to prevent water erosion within our neighborhoods. This partnership has continued to flourish in many ways. The fifth graders learned about ways they can become stewards. The grounds were surveyed by the members to see ways in which we can improve our grounds to prevent water erosion. The Green School Student Committee and stewards from the Watershed Academy have begun the process of working on the installation of a rain barrel. he water captured and stored in the ...Read More