The Global Education Club

Accomplishments:

Global Club

This was a different year for the Global Club. We focused on the Ban The Bag Project. To help support Fort McMurray's first year with its ban on single-use plastic bags, and with the help of a grant from BP Oil through their A+ For Energy Program, we learned about oil, plastic, bags, garbage, composting, and what makes great reusable bags. The bag Monster was created, with 500 single use bags, showing how many bags the average person throws out in a year. Everyone in the school got great bags.

Check out lots of info and great activities on The Bag Ban Website at www.thebagban.blogspot.com   
 

Other Global Club Activities

• Composting experiments and activities

• Anti-Racism activity see photos

• Used Book Sale, $136 raised for endangered Vancouver Island Marmots
   

Grade 3K Reusable Container Project

• Grade 3K increased their number of reusable containers. That along with their healthy snacks (bananas don't have packaging!) won them an EcoVoyageur Award. It was so successful, it prompted the next year's BP Grant project of Waste Free Lunches.

Mme Maggie with paper recycling, and Grade 3K with reusable containers.

School Projects

• $754 raised for Pakistan flood relief, doubled by Canadian Government

• $2273.49 raised through Terry Fox  Break The Rules Week

• $2793.37 raised by staff for United Way

• $1800 for Japan earthquake relief through water and popcorn days

• $18,382.12 raised through Jump Rope For Heart for the Heart and Stroke Foundation

• collected Teddy Bears of Hope

• $3320 collected through fundraiser for local Woods family

• $1000 raised for Slave Lake fire victims, with Mr. Andrew waxing his legs

• Beverage container recycling

• Paper and cardboard recycling

• Diego Rizzuto donated funds from recycling to the World Wildlife Fund

• the Parent Association held their annual Christmas Bazaar with proceeds going to the SPCA

• raised funds for Prostate Cancer research during Movember see photos

• annual multi-cultural potluck with different cultural dances

• environmental activities   see photos
   

District Wide Projects

• Pakistan flood relief: $6675 raised, matched by the Canadian government.