Recycling Club Proposal

When:
- during lunch, once a week on Tuesdays
- Students would bring lunch to the club
- Lunch is 35M, would likely have only 25-30 minutes for the meetings (30M length)

- Whose classroom?
- 1st choice: peer coach room
- 2nd choice: empty rooms on both the 2nd and 1st floor
- 3rd choice: Sarah Simon’s classroom and Mr. Hills classroom
- Can’t use Josh’s because of chess club

- ALTERNATIVE: potential meet during connect

Who:
- Hanna 5th/6th, Hayleigh 7th/8th (Hanna: Rm 325 and Hayleigh: Rm 220)
- Max 20-24 kids → depending on application, half or so per grade level

Timeline:
- Approval by Jan 22, 24th at latest
- Notify students of the club by the 27th and give them a week to turn in application
- 5th grade teachers will tell their students during connect and collect the
applications
- 6th grade: Hanna
- 7th grade: Sarah Simon
- 8th grade: Hayleigh
- Application process:
- Students have a week to complete the form (maybe a week and a half)
- We will verify with the students’ teachers if they are great candidates for the position
(basically can they get along with others) in→ wouldn’t be entirely selective, this club
is for students who are passionate or care to learn more about these issues
- Students will know by Feb. 7th if they are in the program or not
- If too many kids will have to do a lottery process

- Program begin date: Feb 10th

- Running length time: 8 Weeks
- End date: April 2nd (right before spring break)

- Purpose
 The purpose of this club is to create a space where students of multiple grades can
come together to share in their passion and/or interest in recycling. The club aims
to have students work on educational initiatives in our school. With our recent
paper recycling program implementation, we realize there is a vital need to educate our student
body about how the program works and why it is important. We hope to educate our school
community through both a poster initiative and an educational short video that could be shown
during Connect. After meeting this goal, we hope to focus on different components of recycling
or other conservation efforts either in our community or our own lives. The remaining time will
be largely influenced by the interest of the students and will develop as students express their
own interests and areas they would like to study.

Proposed timeline:

1st week Introductions, our purpose

Feb 11th

2nd week Research into why recycling is important and then begin our video/poster
Feb 18th campaigns

3rd week video/poster campaigns

Feb 25th

4th week poster/video campaigns (try to wrap up here, or the next week if
March 3rd necessary)

5th week Based on student interest (potentially a trash analysis at home or of the
March 10th school)

6th week Based on student interest

March 17th

7th week Based on student interest

March 24th

8th week Based on student interest, end of club party

April 31st
 Recycling Club Application
Turn into your connect teacher by 1/31

Name: ___________________________________ Grade: ________

 Do you have a passion or interest for recycling and improving our
environment? If so, this club may be for you!

Purpose:
The purpose of this club is to create a space where students of multiple grades can come
together to share in their passion and/or interest in recycling. As a club we will first create
posters and a video to educate our classmates about the paper recycling program at GMS.
Afterwards, the club will plan activities based on the interests of club members. Our activities
might center around recycling at our homes, wildlife conservation, other recycling initiatives to
create at the school and/or other interests of students.

When: This club will meet every Tuesday during lunch

Length: This club will meet for 8 weeks, beginning Feb. 11th to March 31st

Where:
- 5th and 6th graders will meet in Rm 325
- 7th and 8th graders will meet in Rm 220

Who:
- 5th and 6th graders will meet with Ms. Johnson during their lunch
- 7th and 8th graders will meet with Ms. Skestone during their lunch

Qualifications:
● Interested in recycling and wants to learn more
● Works well with others/likes meeting new people
● Committed
● Someone who wants to positively impact their school, community and others
● Wants to educate others about recycling
● Positive attitude

Answer the questions on the back →

Questions
Write a response to each question. Make sure you answer the question, length doesn’t
matter. :)

1. Why do you want to join this club?

2. What about recycling or environmental conservation interests you?

3. Are you committed to coming to the club once a week during lunch for 8 weeks?

Recycling Club Application

Turn into your connect teacher by 1/31
Name: _______________________________ Grade: ___________

Do you have a passion or interest for recycling and improving our environment?
If so, this club may be for you!

Purpose:
 The purpose of this club is to create a space where students of multiple grades can
come together to share in their passion and/or interest in recycling. As a club we
will first create posters and a video to educate our classmates about the paper
recycling program at GMS. Afterwards, the club will plan activities based on the interests of club
members. Our activities might center around recycling at our homes, wildlife conservation,
other recycling initiatives to create at the school and/or other interests of students.

When: This club will meet every Tuesday during lunch

Length: This club will meet for 8 weeks, beginning Feb. 11th to March 31st

Where:
- 5th and 6th graders will meet in Rm 325
- 7th and 8th graders will meet in Rm 220

Who:
- 5th and 6th graders will meet with Ms. Johnson during their lunch
- 7th and 8th graders will meet with Ms. Skestone during their lunch

Qualifications:
● Interested in recycling and wants to learn more
● Works well with others/likes meeting new people
● Committed
● Someone who wants to positively impact their school, community and others
● Wants to educate others about recycling
● Positive attitude

Answer the questions on the back →

Questions
Write a response to each question. Make sure you answer the question, length doesn’t
matter. :)

1. Why do you want to join this club?

2. What about recycling or environmental conservation interests you?

3. Are you committed to coming to the club once a week during lunch for 8 weeks?