School District: Federal Way
School Location: Federal Way
Began participating in the Green Schools Program: October 2012

Level One of the Green Schools Program: Achieved in May 2013

Waste Reduction and Recycling (Level One)

• Students assisted head custodian Pat Pettygrove by collecting classroom recyclable materials and placing them in larger hallway recycling containers.
• In November 2013, Federal Way High School introduced recycling in the lunchroom.
• Staff and students began to collect uncoated clean scrap wood from the school’s wood shop and pizza boxes from the Student Store to add to the compostable materials collection program.
• In 2012-2013, Green Team students
  • Created video announcements to introduce waste reduction and recycling practices and highlight Federal Way High School’s participation in the King County Green Schools Program.
  • Made waste reduction and recycling announcements during all-school assemblies.
  • Created 3D posters and informational signs for lunchroom to help students properly sort recyclable materials.
  • Helped monitor lunchroom recycling stations and assisted with proper sorting.
  • Met regularly and created a plan to improve recycling in the lunchroom. The students presented their ideas to the school’s administration in March 2013.
• Teacher Lauren Hamilton made ongoing announcements and reminders describing the school’s waste reduction and recycling policies during lunch and staff meetings.
• The Environmental Science class received a King County “Hazards on the Homefront” classroom lesson on safer choices to hazardous household products during which students completed a lab testing a safer alternative cleaner against its hazardous counterpart.

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

Lauren Hamilton, teacher
lhamilto@fwps.org

Pat Pettygrove, head custodian
ppettygr@fwps.org