Helping Teachers and Parents Help Our Planet

This area is reserved for current topics that are relevant to you and your students in your efforts towards improved sustainability in your school.  Have a green fundraising idea or need help on an intiative not listed below?  E-mail Tresine.Logsdon@fayette.kyschools.us with suggestions.

 

School Garden Coalition

Initiated by Jo Stone, Ashland Elementary parent, FCPS teachers, parents and community supporters are forming a School Garden Coalition.  If you would like to participate in this passionate group of educators and local folk to share ideas, challenges, suggestions, partnership opportunities and best practices, e-mail Tresine Logsdon at tresine.logsdon@fayette.kyschools.us.

Click here for the School Garden Coalition page.

 

Locust Trace & Wellington Elementary GreenScreen software

FCPS's two newest school facilities are national models for sustainability.  To learn more about Locust Trace Agriscience Farm and Wellington Elementary by navigating their GreenScreen software, please click below.

Locust Trace Agriscience Farm

Wellington Elementary

 

Live Green Lexington Games

 

Click HERE To register for LFUCG's Live Green Lexington Games competition.

Click HERE to download the Live Green Lexington Games SCORECARD.

 

 

KY American Water Excellence in Water Education Award

KY American Water and FCPS are proud to partner this year for the KAW Excellence in Water Education Award.  To find out more and participate, click HERE for the registration form.  The top three FCPS schools to earn the most points this year will receive a $500 award at the May E=USE² Recognition Ceremony.

To find out what water activities your Bluegrass PRIDE environmental educator can do you in your classroom, click HERE.

To learn more and participate in the Water Planet Challenge and access the Water Planet Challenge Acitivty Guide, click HERE.

 

State & Nationally Recognized Green School Programs

Below is a list of state & nationally recognized Green School programs that schools can choose to participate in for reward and recognition.  For help on how to participate in these non-binding, easy and fun program, contact Tresine.Logsdon@fayette.kyschools.us.

KY Green & Healthy Schools

KY National Energy Education Development Youth Awards for Energy Achievment

National Wildlife Federation Eco-Schools USA

Green Schools Alliance

Project Learning Tree's Green Schools!

Cash for Cans & Lexington History Museum WWII Scrap Metal Drive

 

Click HERE to download the 2011 Mayor's Cans for Cash registration form.

Click HERE for the Lexington History Museum WWII Scrap Metal Drive registration form.

 

 

 

Polar Bears International

 

 

 

 

 

 

Polar Bears International(www.polarbearsinternational.org) a nonprofit, non-political organization dedicated to the worldwide conservation of polar bears and its habitat through research and education.  PBI provides scientific resources and informatin on polar bears and their arctic habitat.  Mark Fore of PBI lives in central KY and works with schools across KY and OH to engage teachers and students on the polar bear's adaptations to their unique ecosystem and their role in the ecosystem's food web and biodiversity.  Mark, Arctic Ambassador, recognizes the importance of educating teachers, students and parents and can visit your school with arctic gear, first-hand stories, maps and graphs and polar bear skeletons for a customized presentation tailored to the grade level as well as specific content topics teachers would like to see addressed.  To contact Mark, e-mail andrew@andrewfore.com.

 

No Idling

 

Julius Marks Elementary and Rosa Parks Elementary step out as the leader in No Idling.  In partnership with KY Division for Air Quality and Earth Day Network, JME and RPE students collected idling data before the campaign, promoted the campaign through flyers, e-mails and newsletters, collected data early and late in the campaign and rewarded parents for their participation.  For a full packet of resources from FCPS to get your school involved in No Idling, contact Tresine Logsdon at tresine.logsdon@fayette.kyschools.us.

 

 

State/National Sustainability Contests

• Green Education Foundation: Green Energy Challenge (www.greeneducationfoundation.org)
• It’s My Environment Video Project (www.epa.gov/earthday/video/)
• Lexus Eco Challenge (www.scholastic.com/lexus/)
• Do Something Green (www.dsg.kygreen.tv)
• Project Earth Contest (www.projectearth.net)
• KY Environthon (http://conservation.ky.gov/Pages/Envirothon.aspx)

Funding Sources for Sustainability Projects

In addition to accessing grant funds through KGHS grants and FCPS reward funds, there are a variety of fun ways to raise money for your school’s sustainability initiatives while simultaneously helping the environment.  Below are some popular choices that require no capital investment.

 

Grants

LFUCG Stormwater Quality Projrects Incentive Grant Program

Click HERE for the application packet.  Click HERE for more information.

 

LFUCG Neighborhood Sustainability Grant program

Click HERE for the application.  Click HERE for an information brochure.

 

Please remember that FCPS has established procedures regarding developing and submitting grants. These are outlined on the Grants Writing and Accounting offices center which is located in the staff portal on the district website at https://my.fcps.net/financial-services/grants .  You will have to login in order to access the site.

You will need to complete and submit an intent to apply form asap  - and secure your principal’s OK for you to proceed.

The intent to apply form can be accessed on the grants website.

You will also need to submit your proposal to the district grants specialist so that she can facilitate getting the superintendent’s signature on your application.

If you have questions after reviewing the information on district procedures, please contact the district grants resource specialist, Susan Decker Davis at susan.davis@fayette.kyschools.us or 381.4228.

 

Fundraising Ideas

Cans for Cash (www.cans4cash.com)

TerraCycle (www.terracycle.net)

Electronic device recycling www.ecophones.com

Planet Green Fundraising (www.planetgreenrecycle.com)

LFUCG regularly offers sustainability grants for school projects.

For a rain garden grant: www.lexingtonky.gov/index.aspx?page=2119.

For an EcoART grant: http://www.lexingtonky.gov/index.aspx?page=2108