Secondary Network Wowed by Student Presenters!

November 19, 2007

Secondary Students 'kick off' the school year by presenting to EarthCARE teams this fall.

Several Moira Secondary students recently provided the programme for their secondary colleagues during their fall EarthCARE training session. Under the direction of teacher Gayle Miller, the students energized everyone in attendance with games, information and plenty of fun!

Creating a school flag to be used during a Jeopardy Game Show hosted by Eric Y. (aka Alex Trebeck) and creating a tree-planting machine helped kick start the morning. The participating students worked hard to develop a school plan based on their 2006-2007 audit results while overcoming obstacles that might cause problems. Moira Secondary provided an example: Recycling boxes are not allowed in the school corridors, so they are in the process of transforming a few lockers into recycling depots. The lockers will be painted and labeled: Plastic, Paper and Bottles.

The goal this school year was to plan an activity or event for each of the months for example, Trenton High School students are going to sell reusable bags for presents in December to help cut down on paper usage. February is going to be about love as always but Moira students are taking this thought a step further with the theme Love your World! with several activities to support this theme. North Hastings Secondary Students are going to enter a float in the Santa Clause parade.

The workshop planning team consisted of Erin B., Miranda N., Chelsea G., Erik Y., Krysten R., Jill S., Rachel C. and Sarah W. All eight International Baccalaureate (IB) students jumped at the unique leadership opportunity as it puts into practice many of the traits of an IB learner. As Rachel C. said after the workshop, "This was such an exciting way to get high school students sharing cool ideas about environment action."

With this much enthusiasm the Secondary students in Hastings and Prince Edward will certainly make a difference!