Dillon Valley Elementary students organize Earth Day celebration
Hollyanna Bates/Courtesy photo
The Dillon Valley Elementary Green Team organized an Earth Day celebration on Friday, April 17. Made up of 15 third to fifth graders who meet once a week before school, the Green Team tackles topics including school recycling, composting, reducing carbon footprint and helping to reduce waste at school events by using cafeteria trays and aluminum cups. The Earth Day celebration Friday included a student parade and costume contest.
Green Team members were the judges for the costume contest, with prizes going to the top-two winners at each grade level, pre-K to fifth grade. Team members carefully chose the prizes: jars of pickles, lava lamps and squishy toys. Costume contest rules required costumes to be made from trash or recycling items, and costumes included a compost truck, a pizza delivery truck, Mother Earth, robots, butterflies and fairies, superheroes, French fries, a giraffe, boba tea, a team of mice eating cheese and a formal gown. Costumes were made from plastic bags, dog food bags cut into strips and woven together, cardboard, plastic cups, drink pouches and snack bags. The parade was intended to build awareness of the possibilities of items already in local landfills and recycling bins and to highlight the importance of taking care of our planet.
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The Dillon Valley Elementary School Green Team organized a student parade and costume contest as part of an Earth Day celebration on Friday, April 17.
Amy Clark/Courtesy photo
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The Dillon Valley Elementary School Green Team organized a student parade and costume contest as part of an Earth Day celebration on Friday, April 17.
Amy Clark/Courtesy photo
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The Dillon Valley Elementary School Green Team organized a student parade and costume contest as part of an Earth Day celebration on Friday, April 17.
Amy Clark/Courtesy photo
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The Dillon Valley Elementary School Green Team organized a student parade and costume contest as part of an Earth Day celebration on Friday, April 17.
Amy Clark/Courtesy photo
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