The Votes Are In!

At the beginning of November the PS40 student body was asked to help create a logo for the 2009-2010 Super Green Eco Team. Over 30 submissions were received, posted and the kids voted. Today we counted the votes and here are the results...

The drawing made by fifth grader, Jackson, received the most votes.

Alex's picture was the 1st runner up,
Liam's picture was the 2nd runner up, and
Annie's picture was the 3rd runner up.

Jackson's picture will be turned into the badge given to classrooms when they pass inspection.

Congratulations Jackson!

The SGET Teams Up with the Parks Department

The 2009-2010 Super Green Eco Team went on our first field trip on the morning of Monday, November 23rd.

With parent chaperons and PS40 faculty member Erika Salzman, we walked down 2nd Avenue to Stuyvesant Park.


We met Stuyvesant Park gardener (AKA the woman in charge) Gosha who talk to the team about the importance of composting. In the park they compost the leaves that fall from the trees.


Red gardening gloves were distributed, and we got to work.



Gosha explained how to build a compost bin, out of the chicken wire Michele brought. Some SGET members and parent chaperons together built a gorgeous compost bin.


The rest of the crew filled huge garbage bags full of the leaves they raked.



Once the bags were full, they were dumped in our composting bin.






The team worked so hard that we soon realized that we would need more bins.

We decided to build three more bins, just like the first. These four bins are the responsibility of the PS40 Super Green Eco Team. We will all visit the park as often as we can, with our gloves, to continue the composting process we have started.

Gosha let us know that we are authorized to come to the park and support and maintain our compost bins whenever we want.



It was a great morning!

Catherine Ponte from Partnership for Parks & Gosha....Thank you!!!!

SGET November 20th 2009

The Super Green Eco Team met this morning to go over their experiences teaching their classes last week. We discussed how they would inspect the classes for which they are responsible. We talked about the inspection forms they will use. Next Monday we will go on a field trip to Stuyvesant Park; permission slips were collected and parent chaperons were requested. The SGET Logo voting will end on Thursday 11/25 & we will have a winner Monday November 30th.


The kids got a heads up about the possible installation of raised garden boxes for the roof playground at our next meeting on Dec. 4th. In addition to installing the raised beds we will need to get soil up to the roof. The following week we hope to plant 150 tulips and iris that will bloom next Spring!

Have you voted??

The ballot box is open! Please visit the cafeteria bulletin board and cast your vote for this years SGET Logo! The ballots will be counted next Friday. Get your votes in!!!!

The Super Green Eco Team members teach their classes and offices how to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and pass inspection!

This Friday morning the SGET met briefly in the art room to cover last minute questions before leaving to teach their classes.




Several teachers found former students teaching their current students about how to recycle properly, use reusable water bottles, and the importance of microfiber cloths.