All GREEN Schools projects

Archbishop O'Leary High School's students learned about biodiversity and its characteristics with the guidance of their Assistant Principal, Mr. Duncan Buchanan. But this was no ordinary class, the students also brought that biodiversity to the classrooms! They created their own tropical rainforest ecosystem: some soil, gravel, moss, tiny tropical plants, small bamboo sticks, and a...

The Greeen Team at Archbishop O'Leary High School organized the Clean the Air, Green our Classrooms Project. Two students from the Green Team brought one air purifier plant in each classroom in the school. These plants are even more effective than any humidifier machine in keeping the indoor air clean and free of toxics. They give great benefits to all of those with respiratory problems,...

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!

Archbishop O'Leary Green Team and the Braided Journeys Program offered a special presentation on Medicinal Plants. Aboriginal Biology Instructor Darrell Langevin was our guest presenter on this topic. He shared his traditional and scientific knowledge of medicinal plants found locally. The students were able to make their own medicinal herbal tea with the plants that Mr. Langevin brought...

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...

Our Grade 4/5/6 class has been studying animal habitats and and are working on identifying what is important for animals to survive and live as well as how humans affect animals homes. We have started to focus on habitats close to home in Sokcho and how we, as a class can help the animals near us. This project focused on the owls living in our area of South Korea and how we can help to help...

A group of members of the Green Team at Archbishop O'Leary High School participated in the creation of information labels for the air-purifier plants that the school has acquired as part of their plan to ensure the air quality and to prevent respiratory illnesses in the school. A group of Art and Green Team students, coordinated by Ms. Mac Cormac and Ms. Alamo Santos, put their creativity...