School District: Auburn
School Location: Auburn
Began participating in the Green Schools Program: March 2015

Level One of the Green Schools Program: Achieved in May 2015

Waste reduction and recycling (level one)

• Auburn Mountainview High School maintained a recycling rate of 87 percent.
• The school used compostable serving ware and utensils in the lunchroom.
• A share table was created for unwanted, unopened food items.
• Teacher Jennie Buetow created opportunities for student volunteers to earn volunteer hours by monitoring lunch room recycling stations.
• Custodians monitored waste bins to prevent and remove contamination.
• Students created 3-D posters to educate other students and staff on correct waste sorting.
• The student Green Team collaborated with the Visual Communications class to make a recycling music video, which included two recycling raps written by school custodians.
• To reduce paper use, all printers were set to print double-sided by default.

For more information about the school’s conservation achievements and participation in the Green Schools Program, contact:

Jennie Buetow, teacher
jbuetow@auburn.wednet.edu

Scott Weide, Auburn School District resource conservation manager
sweide@auburn.wednet.edu