The Discovery School is promoting environmentally friendly practices on our campus, and we need your help and participation! DPTO would like to organize a "Green Committee" comprised of parents, teachers and students, to support ongoing student recycling and composting projects, and introduce new ideas, launch new activities, and make our school a model of a "green school". If you are interested in this initiative, contact discoverypto@gmail.com. And look for more information here about our first meeting!
Meanwhile, Ms Hurley and the 12th graders are moving ahead with their composting project. The 12th grade environmental science class has designed a composting structure and has proposed this to the board. The proposed structure, if approved, will be built in the lower soccer field area. It is estimated that composting the school's organic waste could reduce its waste by 1/3 and save the school up to 15,000 lempiras each year, from the reduced cost of waste removal and the elimination of the need to purchase fertilizer and dirt, as those are created composting. The students are asking for funding from the board (approximately 3000 lempiras) and help from the maintenance staff to build the structure. They are also looking for donations from parents or community members to help cover the cost of the structure or for volunteers to help in the construct the structure. The students are looking to complete the construction by the end of December, so that the composting may begin at the beginning of third quarter. During third quarter, the environmental science students will give classroom chats to elementary and secondary students about the process of composting and how the project will be accomplished at our school.
Please contact Miss Hurley (churley@discoveryschool.edu.hn) for more information.
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