We have SO much going on right now in room 123! Check it out: *BRIGADES, BRIGADES, BRIGADES! I am sure you’ve heard of the 5th grade G21 project. We have been recycling 3 different types of brigades (glue sticks/bottles, empty tape rolls, as well as beauty product bottles/cases). A company named TerraCycle will give us 2 cents per brigade. We will then decide what we want to purchase for our courtyard to make it a more useful environment (an outdoor classroom environment). So far 2nd grade has won 3 weeks in a row! Who will win this week?! Don’t forget to RECYCLE! If you have any questions on what exactly you can recycle for the beauty product brigade, please feel free to email me!

A number of difficult-to-recycle and non-recyclable items, including nearly 500 juice pouches, will get a new lease on life, thanks to Belle Aire School’s Trash for Cash program. The Belle Aire PTA decided last fall to collect items to send to TerraCycle, a national company that makes new green consumer products out of post-consumer materials, such as backpacks created from drink pouches. TerraCycle takes in some 100 materials that would normally get thrown in the trash, and Belle Aire formed brigades to collect four of those items: juice pouches, diaper wrappings, food storage containers such as re-sealable sandwich bags, and tape dispenser rolls.