Success story: Robinswood School
School District: Bellevue
School Location: Bellevue
Began participating in the Green Schools Program: September 2009
Level One of the Green Schools Program: Achieved in May 2010
Waste reduction and recycling
- The school began to recycle bottles and cans in the cafeteria and kitchen.
- All classrooms, offices and the cafeteria have recycling containers. Stickers listing what can and can’t be recycled are on each recycling container.
- The school held a Green Week in which morning announcements and posters were used to promote recycling and provide recycling facts.
- Student Green Team members created posters and fliers to publicize Green Week.
- Tips about recycling were shared on the school’s daily news broadcast.
- Student Green Team members created a video about recycling which was played during lunch in the cafeteria.
- To promote Earth Day, many students and staff wore green and the City of Bellevue sponsored a recycling information booth during lunch. A raffle was held for students that recycled. Winners received City of Bellevue mugs and pencils made of recycled material.
- Student Green Team and student leadership members received t-shirts with a recycling logo created by the team.
- To reduce unwanted mail in the office, staff set up a box for unwanted mail and asked to be removed from these mailing lists.
For more information about the school’s conservation achievements and participation in the Green Schools Program, contact:
Robinswood School
425-456-7800