Students at Tharptown Elementary School have traded in Mother Goose for Mother Earth with their “Recycle Race” program that has had students thinking about the environment all year long. TES guidance counselor Brandi Gholston said the program, which was incorporated this school year as part of the guidance curriculum, has been a great success so far and serves a two-fold purpose: to earn money for the school and to compete in a nationwide recycling contest with other schools. With the economy in the shape that it’s in, Gholston said they have to get creative with the ways the school earns money and being able to help the environment while simultaneously helping the school was just an added bonus.