Kelly Moody of the Rustic Oaks PTA, would like to invite everyone to participate in the school’s ongoing can drive.  Students at Rustic Oaks will be collecting aluminum cans for recycling on the following dates: October 14, November 11, and December 9, 2008.  In 2009 the dates will be: January 13, February 10, March 10, April 14 and May 12.  All funds generated from the can drive are used for Rustic Oaks teacher mini-grants.  Please support your schools by dropping off cans before school on the designated days.

Traci Williams of the Shadycrest PTA, would like to invite everyone to participate in the school’s ongoing can drive.  Students at Shadycrest will be collecting aluminum cans for recycling on the following dates: October 24, November 21and December 19,2008.  January 16, February 19, March 20, April 17, May 22,2009 (Last Recycle Day!).  All funds generated from the can drive are used for Rustic Oaks teacher mini-grants.  Please support your schools by dropping off cans before school on the designated days

On June 19, 2008, Keep Pearland Beautiful hosted a Waste in Place workshop at Pearland Junior High East.  13 Pearland teachers attended this year’s workshop, which was funded in part by a generous donation from Gulf Coast Educators Federal Credit Union.  Teachers learned how to make paper, create garbage pizza and identify plastics by the numbers.  Each participant went away with a recycling bin, books for their classroom, paper making kits and the Waste in Place curriculum.  Our goal was to teach our teachers how to instill proper waste handling techniques in our children.  Education is the key to changing attitudes about litter and recycling.  Teachers in Pearland will have another opportunity for the Waste in Place training in June 2009.

Fantastic Footlockers
Keep Pearland Beautiful has on permanent loan from the Houston-Galveston Area Council four "Fantastic Footlockers" that contain everything a teacher needs to do a lesson or series of lessons on one of the following topics:

• Paper Recycling
• Metals Recycling
• Plastic Recycling
• Composting

These footlockers are for elementary grades, but can be adapted for use with any grade. They can be checked out by any teach our office at 281-652-1659.

To Teachers:
Keep Pearland Beautiful can help you with environmental  programs and activities by supplying speakers, judges and prizes for contests, activity books and other information and material. Auntie Waste and Auntie Trash, along with our mascot, Peary the Partridge are also available for school programs and special events by appointment. Just give us a call at 281-652-1659

Visit the Keep America Beautiful kids web page for some fun ideas. www.kab.org/site/PageServer?pagename=tools_teachers