All GREEN Schools projects

Students in Grade 5 care for red wiggler worms, composting food waste from their snacks and lunches, and using shredded newspaper and Scholastic book order forms to help balance the compost. Students harvest the compost to use in their indoor classroom garden.

Using a total of 25 hockey sticks, 2 goalie sticks and 1 large board of 1/2 inch plywood Michael Di Lullo, a grade 12 student from Archbishop O'Leary High School, built this amazing Adirondack deck chair. Mr. Krukowski, his Construction teacher, helped this witty and ingenious student to make his project come true!

The SIS Outdoor/Nature Club finished off our first term with making two fall leaves projects. This project was to make a bowl out of fallen leaves.
We started by going on a nature hike to collect the fallen leaves before they got too soggy in the coming rains. The leaves were then dried and pressed between newspaper and squished by books for one week.
Once the leaves were dried, we...

SIS's outdoor/nature club has wrapped up our club for this term with two art projects. In this artwork we made candle holders out of old mason jars, fallen leaves, and white glue.
Before the rain set in, we went outside for a hike and collected the fallen leaves. We then pressed the leaves between newspaper and squished them with heavy books for about one week. Our next step was to...

Mr. Krukowski and his Construction students, at Archbishop O’Leary High School, have shown once again their skills at restoring wooden furniture. This time it was a beautiful bench that would be used by Mrs. Quinn-Roberton. With team work and great ideas the whole school wins!

Mr. Krukowski and his Construction students, at Archbishop O’Leary High School, have put into practise the importance of restoring and reusing by transforming a wooden wheel barrel into a large flower pot. With the assistance of Mr. Krukowski, the students polished up the metal work and had the boards replaced. Now, it holds a large flower pot and sits in the flower bed… good job!

Dorothy Diana has shown her classmates how to be creative and practical at the same time. Using a water gallon and broken spoons, this student from Archbishop O’Leary High School has designed and built this beautiful lamp that can be hang or used as a table lamp. Congratulations to Dorothy and her teacher Mrs. Kutcher, for encouraging her students to reuse and to reduce our waste!

Christine, Louise and Sandy, from Archbishop O’Leary High School have decided to give a second use to an old car tire and some colorful fabric that was going to be thrown away. Using their knowledge and imagination, and with the help of Mrs. Kutcher, these students have created this comfortable Tire Chair, ready to use in class or at home.