We've walked this way!

Our 7th, semi-annual Walk to School day on June 8th, 2012 was a great success and a lot of fun.

373 people walked to school on this beautiful, sunny summer morning. Thank you for all the students, their parents and pets for participating. We managed to eliminate 240 cars from the carline, thanks to getting on our feet! Walking helped to keep our air cleaner, and helped us to start field day happy, energized and warmed up! Look at photos about Walk to School in the "Sproutpictures" album!

Thank you for the the city's police force and for the parent volunteers for making this morning a safe experience for walkers and drivers alike!

Thank you for the talented artists who entertained and encouraged us with their colorful chalk artwork on the sidewalks on our way to school. (We even got a countdown of the distances to school - and Alaska!) Check out the slide-show here!

WALK TO SCHOOL - JUNE 8, 2012

Get on your feet ! Walk to school again on the morning of June 8th! This Friday morning you'll have a chance to start your day with exercise, help our air stay clean and reduce the number of cars in the carline!

E-waste recycling at Clemson Elementary - 1st week of March

Don’t throw away your old and unused cell-phones, digital cameras, camcorders, mp3 players, Ipods, GPSs laptops, notebooks, computer keyboards, mice! Clemson Elementary’s GoGreen team and Terracycle will combine efforts to re-purpose and recycle your, e-waste, while earning dollars to our school. We’ll collect e-waste during the first week of March at the school and in Clemson neighborhoods. If you’d like to sign up your neighborhood, please contact gogreence@gmail.com.

Here is a list of what we can recycle and how much our school would benefit from sending in items to Terracycle:

For more information on how Terracycle works, visit their website: http://www.terracycle.net/!

ON THE NEWS --Pedestrian-Friendly Bridge To Be Built In Clemson

Did you see the plans? Yesterday, Berkeley Bridge plans were revealed at a meeting in our school. (Read more here.) Even News Channel 4 covered the event! Check it out!!!

400+ walked to school!

Huge THANK YOU to everyone who walked to school last Friday!!!! Around 440 people + at least 20 dogs!!! It was fun-fun-fun!

We managed to reduce the number of cars in the carline with 173 cars! Can you imagine how much less exhauste got into the air!

Did you see the walkers' happy, rosy faces? Perhaps it was party due to the morning chill, but surely mainly due to the healthy walk!

The first walkers brave the morning chill:


Rolling backpacks, carrying poster boards, leading dogs - nothing stops us from walking!


Arriving to school walkers are rewarded with sprout stamps


We get to school fresh and happy


See more pictures here!

WALK TO SCHOOL DAY - May 6th, 2011

Come and walk to school again! I'm sure you remember how much fun it was last fall! (Have you seen the pictures yet?) And I'm sure you also remember why it's sooooooooooo good for the environment if people choose to walk instead of to drive. (Need a reminder?)

This year, as in the past, police will help with crossing Berkeley Bridge (in the news, too!). Please tell your friends who drive across the bridge that morning to expect delays.

HAVE YOU HEARD? Soon we could have a safer way to walk to school (read this news article from Dec. 2010)! An alternative crossing path is in the works at our city council!!! Check out the handouts of the public information meeing here! (Feel free to download and print it from the SproutPrint website.) Please express your support and comments to:

See here a short outline of the proposed project:

EARTH DAY 2011 - Celebrate with Sprout!

This year Earth Day will take place during Spring Break. Celebrate with Sprout! You can choose from many activities you can do at home:

-- Check your ecological footprint here!

-- Write a list for yourself about what you can do at home to help the Earth!

-- Watch The Story of Stuff! Discuss it with friends and family!

-- Play our Green Clemson scavenger hunt! Sprout took some photos of green spots in Clemson. Find on the map where the photos were taken! You can see the map and photos here. You can also download and print the map from here.

--Visit the Earth Day Open House at the Geology Museum!

You can find all printable material from Sprout at the SproutPrint page!

Feel free to write me an e-mail about what you've learned! You can also fill out the sheet Sprout left in your Monday Folder. (Have you lost it? Download and print the Sprout Earth Day sheet from here!) If you return that sheet at the front office with your answers and name on it, Sprout will give you a green reward!