Welcome to the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board EarthCARE Information section. This section contains stories, news, and information about the HPEDSB EarthCARE program.
October 4 2006 - The 2006/2007 calendar of EarthCARE events is now online, take a look at the variety of exciting events planned for 06/07.
October 4 2006 - Audit data shows that the HPEDSB saved $149,891 in 05/06 with EarthCARE - view 05/06 audit results and learn more about EarthCARE's tremendous success in the HPEDSB.
September 21 2006 - 2005/2006 summary of HPEDSB elementary school EarthCARE activities.
September 21 2006 - 2005/2006 summary of HPEDSB secondary school EarthCARE activities.
July 11 2006 - An update from Breadner Elementary School on how they have put to good use funding provided for them through the Toyota Evergreen Learning Grounds Grant.
July 10 2006 - Miss Silver's Grade 5 class at College St. School present a musical version of the Three R's in an Arts Assembly and deliver a great message to the whole school.
July 9 2006 - Litterless Lunches and Lights Out Monitors are among the successful EarthCARE initiatives that students and teachers at Stirling Primary School undertook this year. All those involved need to 'take a bow' for all their hard work - it's paying off!
July 9 2006 - By meeting twice a month, EarthCARE Coordinator, Jodi Archibald's Grade 7 and 8 Green Team have helped S.H. Connor School (K-Gr. 3) and its partner school Tweed-Hungerford (Gr. 4-8) reduce, reuse and recycle.
July 8 2006 - Student Council and EarthCARE Coordinator, Ian Fox, at Pinecrest Memorial Elementary School in Bloomfield, Ontario, have been working hard on two worthy goals.
July 8 2006 - Under the direction of EarthCARE Coordinator, Amira Miller, South Marysburgh Central School (K- 3) and Athol Central School (grade 4-8), have had an outstanding year participating in the EarthCARE program. Not only are students working to reduce waste and promote school-wide recycling, they're applying skills learned in the classroom to quantify the results of their efforts.
July 8 2006 - V.P. Carswell School's student run EarthCARE recycling program creates awareness and outstanding results.
July 8 2006 - Hillcrest School had three goals to achieve this school year. First, they wanted to reduce the amount of garbage; secondly, they wanted everyone involved in more 'Litterless Lunches' and thirdly, they wanted a reduction in paper use in every classroom.
June 15 2006 - Mr. James' Green Team has been a very positive and active group at North Trenton Public School.
June 15 2006 - Under the direction of Coordinators, Anne-Marie Vander Eynden and Susan Clarke, Stirling Junior School Grade 5 students, Darien, Angela, and Selena say their EarthCARE team has accomplished much this year.
June 9 2006 - Under the direction of Team Coordinator, Chris Brady, and Vice Principal Susan Carleton-Maines, the Solid Waste Assessment Team (S.W.A.T.) at Foxboro Public School is busy making presentations, posting signs and providing reminders to everyone about EarthCARE's recycling message.
June 9 2006 - EarthCARE Team Coordinator, Joanne Peckam's Grade 5 and 6 students making a difference at Frankford Public School.
June 9 2006 - Students at Susanna Moodie Elementary School raising money and raising awareness.
June 9 2006 - Under the direction of their EarthCARE team coordinator, Janet Lawrence the kindergarten to Grade 5 students at Prince Charles are building character and beautifying their school grounds.
June 6 2006 - Big energy conservation savings at Queen Elizabeth Public School in Picton, Ontario.
May 21 2006 - View the pictures from the HPEDSB 2006 building operator training - thank you to all those in attendance.
May 16 2006 - Check out the latest updates to the Resources section, the “Get in the Loop” teaching kit, provides a fun, hands-on way to help students learn about the 3Rs: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle; and the “Happy Earth Day” activities book, lists a number of things everyone can do to help take care of the earth.
May 16 2006 - Breadner Elementary gets some green to go even greener.
May 16 2006 - EarthCARE, Healthy Active Living and Character Education - How are they linked in Hastings and Prince Edward DSB?
May 12 2006 - Making the connection between character education and EarthCARE.
April 27 2006 - The goal at Bayside P.S. is to lead the way toward being a more environmentally friendly school.
April 16 2006 - Check out the Student Arts section of the EarthCARE website, you'll find 4 environmentally themed songs submitted by Ottawa-Carleton students, be sure to check back often as we'll be adding new content as it arrives.
April 15 2006 - EarthCARE featured in Coe Hill Public School's November and January newsletters, read PDF copies of each: November and January.
April 15 2006 - They're Going LOCO! The students of Moira are very busy promoting a variety of energy conservation and waste reduction initiatives in their school.
April 15 2006 - Visit our new Letters to the Web Master page and tell us what's on your mind.
April 11 2006 - EarthCARE students kitchen composting and much more at Maynooth P.S.
April 11 2006 - Earth Day 2006 plans underway at Harmony and Maynooth.
April 11 2006 - Darleen Wolters-Sword, the Hastings Board Environmental Technologist and Veronica Ford, EarthCARE project coordinator spent the day at Bird's Creek P.S. visiting classes sharing a recycling message with students.
March 5 2006 - the results from the October 2005 HPEDSB EarthCARE Audit are now available online. We have also added an "Interpreting the Audit Data" page, to help you better understand this information.
March 5 2006 - the results from the October 2005 HPEDSB EarthCARE Audit are now available online. We have also added an "Interpreting the Audit Data" page, to help you better understand this information.
February 24 2006 - Custodians at HPE's CUPE PD day attended a workshop on customer service and building effective school teams full of laughs, lessons, and learning. The workshop was part of their EarthCARE Building Operator Training program.
February 20 2006 - HPEDSB utility consumption data from the years 2000 to 2005 are now available online. As well as providing rich data for problem-analysis and numeracy activities, these data are useful in monitoring progress with EarthCARE initiatives and targets.
January 21 2006 - View a selection of video clips from Dr. David Suzuki's Nov. 8 keynote speech at "You Matter! Respect & Responsibility in Our Community", an event held in Belleville, Ontario, which launched EarthCARE in the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board (HPEDSB).
January 20 2006 - The TREES team at Prince Charles Public School in Trenton, Ontario is well on its way to becoming a strong force in their work with environmental stewardship.
January 14 2006 - EarthCARE Teams from schools in Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board spent a half a day sharing environmental conservation ideas on December 13th and 14th.
January 10 2006 - Harmony P.S. students promoting EarthCARE in the HPEDSB.
December 2 2005 - 93% of the Hastings and Prince Edward District schools joined together for "a great afternoon of audit training for EarthCARE" on October 21, 2005.
November 9 2005 - Learn more about HPEDSB EarthCARE Project Coordinator Veronica Ford in our new Meet the Coordinator section.
November 4 2005 - "The Recycling Maniacs," a recycling themed play written by Meadowlands PS (OCDSB) teacher, Anne Sproule, has been added to the Lessons and Activities section. This play is an excellent teaching resource and is available for download as a PDF of as a Word file.
October 31 2005 - Dr. David Suzuki kicks off EarthCARE program on November 8 at the You Matter! Respect & Responsibility in Our Community event.
October 21 2005 - The HPEDSB EarthCARE Audit and Participation Report is online (school names to be added following the Oct 21 training). Visit this page to enter your school's audit data online and to download audit worksheets.