Aitkin Public Schools

Address: 306 2nd St. NW , Aitkin, MN 56431

Team Name: Gobbler Green Team

Description:

We have been busy greening our campus with the help of a MnSCC grant. Check out the great work we are doing

Team Contact: Ruth Reeves, rreeves@aitkin.k12.mn.us, 218-927-2115

Team Project :

Gobbler Green Team Surveys Students

Project Type: Energy conservation

Description:

The Aitkin Gobbler Green Team is surveying the 7-12 student body to gather information on student transportation habits to and from school. The Green Team has already received hundreds of completed surveys, and will meet to tally the results. Once results are known, the Team will promote energy conservation where it is most needed, e.g. encouraging students to pick up a friend or neighbor and carpool to school.

Goal:

One goal is to learn student transportation habits, and where areas for improvement lie. Another goal is to promote changes that will reduce the number of vehicles that are driving to school daily.

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News

Aitkin Green Team Celebrates Earth Week

The Aitkin Gobbler Green Team hosted a week of Conservation Trivia to celebrate Earth Week in late April.
Recycling Resumes at Aitkin

Aitkin High School and Middle Schools have resumed their recycling program. A student teams makes the rounds biweekly to collect paper from the bins that classrooms have filled.

The Gobbler Green Team met for the first time on March 16th. Seven eager students will begin promoting energy awareness and conservation for the Aitkin High School and Junior High students. Their first project is a survey to find out how many students walk, bike, bus or drive to school. In this very large geographic district, the Gobbler Team will promote carpooling for the many students who live rurally. With spring upon us, they will encourage those living in town to bike or walk to school more often. The group plans to visit a local small business that gets energy from a small wind turbine.