All GREEN Schools projects

Mechanics 10, 20 and 30 in Archbishop O'Leary High School has its around 100 students every semester taking care of the collection and disposal of scrap metal, oil containers, antifreezer and tires. Mr. Avison explains to his students the importance of recycling in Mechanics and how damaging for the environment and our heath it would be if these fluids and car parts were freely relesed. Under...

Fashion Design students experiment with creative ways to redesign, recycle or restore their clothes by repairing, customizing, or embellishing their previous designs. Students use these techniques to update or create something new from something old. This project is one of Ms. Ziarko's favourites, as it encourages her students to use all their imagination and creativity to make their own...

 Over one hundred students from Grades 10, 11 and 12 participated in Winter Day Walk. The students spent their entire PhysEd class walking in their community area with their teacher Ms Mullen. Our students celebrated Winter Day Walk as a way to encourage a healthy and active lifestyle and to promote the respect and care of our communities and parks. Four classes took part in this event and...

Sharing the 'buzz' of our Honey Story! Bee Buddies Honey is an outcome of a student inquiry-based learning project.  An environmental study of the honeybees sparked an interest in the staff and students of our school.  As we explored our project deeper, we became intrigued with the bees and wanted to discover all we could about them and how they influence our local environment, as well, and...

Our Green Club has 32 passionate grade 3's and 4's engaged in greening our school. This year long club meets every Wednesday to learn about environmental issues as well as work on projects. Every Monday & Thursday at lunch a group of 8 green club members collect the recycling throughout our school.

For several years, we have collected all of the Grade 3 POD bottles and cans and have taken them to the depot. All money is donated to AIWC for the rescue, rehabilitation and release of Alberta Wildlife.

Each class is participating in a school-wide Bike/Walk Challange to help promote helping the environment! Students that live in town are encouraged to bike, walk, or scooter to school instead of being driven. Students living out of town who ride the bus are encouraged to do activities each day that help the environment. These may include but are not limited to recycling, pulling weeds,...

Students are currently creating Eco-art out of recycled materials. They are creating projects that answer the question, "What does a healthy environment mean to me?" Finished projects will be displayed at our local library during environment week, June 1-8th!