This year, a group of sixth graders, collectively called “The Leaders for the Future,” spearheaded a recycling program at Lawrence Intermediate School that culminated with a mass delivery to TerraCycle waste collection at the end of May. The students began the planning stages in January during a two-day character education program, sponsored by State Farm Insurance. The program was designed to encourage leadership among the youth. Students developed a plan of action to reduce the amount of trash from the cafeteria and individual classrooms. In the lunch room, bins were set out to collect Capri Sun drink pouches and Frito-Lay chip bags. The leadership group sorted out these bins, packaged the recycled goods, and sent them to TerraCycle in Trenton, N.J.