Grant Winners
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Ann Arbor, MI - Greenhills School: Greenhills Intro Biology Composting Project
Martha Friedlander – Compost bins to collect dining room waste for Biology students to research the compost.
Ann Arbor, MI - St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School
Wendy Lemke – Compost bin for use in their established habitat gardens.
Caledonia, MI
- Paris Ridge Elementary School
Molly Ulrich – Compost bin to reduce school waste and use for gardens in the Spring.
Chassell, MI
- Chassell Township School
Mary Markham – Craft kits using recycled materials, and canning materials to make salsa and other items will be incorporated in some classes, and a service learning class recycling program.
Clawson, MI - Clawson Middle School: Clawson Middle School Science
Noel Slowik – Video recording students green activities to share with other students and implement into the school community.
Clinton Township, MI
- Trinity Lutheran School
Karla Hardies – Sustainable butterfly garden used for research and green education.
Clinton Township, MI
- Trinity Lutheran School
Mark Brown – Implement three projects to school curriculum, finding green careers, learning about water availability, and evaluating carbon footprints.
Clinton Township, MI
- Trinity Lutheran School: Trinity's Beautiful Butterfly Garden
Sharon Meseke – Waste Management Model to educate about the lifecycle of waste and the purpose of landfills.
Comstock Park, MI
- Holy Trinity School
Jill Teegardin – Develop a composting program that will be used to plant flowers for a local nursing home and seniors in the parish.
Dearborn, MI
- Advanced Technology Academy
Philip Kukulski – Rocket mass heater built by students for use in the school greenhouse.
Delton, MI
- Delton Kellogg High School
Clinton Waller – Native plants and gardens raised by students to incorporate in the 9th grade science curriculum.
Detroit, MI - Academy of Critical Thinkers at Cody High School: Worm Fans of Cody High
Donna Harris – Vermicomposting station to create a compost tea to have direct experience with the carbon cycle.
Detroit, MI
- A. Phillip Randolph Career and Tech. Center
Leland Taylor – Recycled bricks for use in masonry career training to assist in community service projects.
Detroit, M
I - Emerson Elementary School: Emerson Out Door Classroom
Kunjan Vyas – Garden tools for students to continue growing flowers and vegetables at school.
Detroit, MI
- Golightly Educational Center: Mr. Boye's Bird and Butterfly Garden project
David Boye – Bird and butterfly garden to encourage more outdoor learning experiences and appreciation.
Detroit, MI
- Harms Elementary School: Ms. Bartolotta's Kindergarten Recycling Center
Cathy Bartolotta – Recycle bins and posters to help introduce students to the concept of recycling, and garden supplies for students to take ownership of their efforts in caring for the garden.
Detroit, MI
- Phoenix Academy
Alane Shaffer – Recycle bins in each classroom to teach students how to recycle.
Detroit, MI
- Pulaski Elementary/Middle School
Kimberly Curtis – Recycle bins to start a Recycling Club and place recycle bins outside of each classroom.
Detroit, MI
- Ronald Brown Academy: RBA Science
Jennifer Edwards – Materials for a compost experiment using Sunchips compostable packaging and Better made Potato Chips packaging.
Eaton Rapids, MI
- Eaton Rapids Public School
Jennifer Grivins – A solar panel, model sustainable home, and small model turbines to help perform intensive energy experiments.
Flushing, MI
- St. Robert School: St. Robert School Composting Project
Kathy Snyder – Compost garden debris and food scraps for use in school garden.
Gaylord, MI
- St. Mary Cathedral School
Heather Esterline – Raise salmon in the classroom to teach students about the life cycle of a salmon and help replenish the salmon population.
Grand Rapids, MI
- North Pointe Christian High School:
Industrial Design Recycled Lighting Designs
Rachael Van Dyke – Recycled lighting designs for use in Industrial Design class.
Grand Rapids, MI
- Northpointe Christian High School
Susan Droge – Recycle bins to implement a recycling program for the students to manage at their school.
Grandville, MI
- Grandville Middle School
Heather Zainea – Wirebinder used to create notebooks out of recycled paper/magazines.
Greenville, MI
- Greenville High School
Brian Sullivan – Materials to build a compost bin, drip irrigation system, native plants garden, rain garden, and other activities that will encourage students to be good stewards of the planet.
Grosse Pointe, MI - Gross Pointe South High School: Mr. Mac's Sustainable Lunch Project at GP South
Shawn McNamera – Recycle and compost bins to reduce lunchtime waste and develop a composting site.
Hancock, MI
- BRIDGE Alternative High School
Chuck Palosaari – Compost bins to begin a composting program for the school lunch program to reduce the food waste.
Holly, MI
- Holly Academy: Mrs. Price's Classroom
Stacy Price – Cold frame for students to use for harvesting fresh vegetables.
Houghton, MI
- Houghton High School
Lauri Davis – Recycle bins to expand recycling efforts at the school.
Mackinac Island, MI
- Mackinac Island Public School: Mr. Waite's Classroom Recycling Fan Page
Richard Waite – Recycle bins and gloves for the students to manage a recycling program.
Marine City, MI
- Cardinal Mooney
Jean Downey – Recycle bins in each classroom to teach students how to recycle.
Newaygo, MI
- Newaygo Middle School
Debra Iwema – Recycled material needed to create art sculpture for the native species garden.
Ortonville, MI
- Brandon High School: Brandon STEM Pathways Academy
Andrew Spiece – Video equipment for students to create a promotional video to share with other students about green initiatives.
Ortonville, MI
- Brandon Middle School
Jennifer Brady – Organic sustainable garden and video to introduce a sustainability program.
Ortonville, M
I - Brandon High School: Mrs's McCalls BHS Recycling Bin Project
Judith McCall – Recycle bins to become a completely non-landfill district.
Ortonville, MI
- HT Burt Life Long Learning Center
Pam Schoemer – Recycle bins and informational posters to encourage students to recycle.
Ossineke, MI
- Sanborn Elementary School: Thunder Bay River Water Shed Project
Robert Thomson – Resources to research preserving local fresh water ecosystems.
Oxford, MI
- Upland Hills
Ted Strunck – Double layer insulated cover for a solar greenhouse.
South Lyon, MI
- South Lyon High School: Mr. Kennedy's SLHS Recycling Page
Eric Kennedy – Recycle stations to implement a school-wide recycling program along with announcements teaching students how to recycle at lunch.
Traverse City, MI
- Traverse City West Senior High
Mike Wilson – Solar powered battery chargers for TI-84 Graphing Calculators for students to understand the importance of renewable energy.
Traverse City, MI
- Traverse City West Middle School: Greening Michigan Classrooms with Miss. Walters & Mr. March
Rebecca Walters – Materials for Micro-Greens Growing Project to help students learn to grow and process their own food.
Traverse City, MI - West Senior High School: The Occidentalist Online
Kerri Wosek – Cameras and video cameras to make the current print newspaper into an online newspaper.
Washington, M
I - Romeo Engineering and Technical Center: RETC Alternative Energy
Evva Dossin – Field trip to the Waste Management Landfill for students to understand the importance of reducing waste.
West Bloomfield, MI
- West Bloomfield High School: West Bloomfield Initiative for Renewable Energy at WBHS
Joshua Barclay – “The Energy Detective” installed in classroom to monitor the electrical use and see the cumulative energy use over time.
Westland, MI
- Marshall Upper Elementary School: Ms. Chambers Window Garden
Anne Chambers – Organic window garden built using recycled materials to teach students that they can manage their own food source.
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