Yeah!!! Sia has been pushing this project for many years and SSA has had the road sign up for many years as well - now, some recoginition.
Students participate in Earth Day cleanup
By Katie EvansHerald/Review
Published on Wednesday, April 23, 2008
SIERRA VISTA — Marie Vilkauskas is tired of seeing trash along the roadside.Which is why the Sierra Summit Academy senior was out Tuesday morning with 12 other schoolmates picking up garbage along the school’s adopted portion of Highway 92.
“It makes me mad, it really does,” Vilkauskas said. “I found a dirty diaper out here, and that’s just disgusting.“I don’t understand why people can’t wait until they get to a trash can, you know?”The cleanup is part of the school’s contribution to Earth Day, as well as a valuable lesson for the students. The official Earth Day was on Tuesday.“It teaches civic as well as science lessons,” said Mike Wurth, the Latin teacher for the school. “At the end of all this they’re very tired but they’re very pleased.“They’re surprised at
how much garbage they pick up.”Wurth said the students set out with 30 large garbage bags to fill, and he expected them to all be filled by the time they were done. And as students picked up plastic bottles, fast-food wrappings and cardboard boxes, among other things, the bags filled up quickly.Nicole Parks was surprised by the garbage she was picking up. “People throw away some crazy things,” the senior said, noting the most disturbing thing she picked up was a small, empty alcohol bottle.Parks said it was a harder activity than she had expected, but also one that has left a lasting impact on her.“I’ll try to recycle more,” she said.Ruby Vasquez, like Vilkauskas, has gotten tired of the litter situation. “Every time we pass through here I see all the trash, so I decided to volunteer to do something good for the community, good for the environment,” said the senior. “I just wanted to clean up.”What bothered her the most to see scattered along the roadsides Tuesday was all the cigarette butts.“It’s just a lot of them,” she said. “Seeing how they can burn all the dry grass.”For the students, picking up the garbage actually turned out to be fun.“I don’t know why, but it is,” Vilkauskas said. “It’s like a competition, who gets the most garbage in their bags.”Stacey Peterson, the dean of students for the school, said it surprised her to see how seriously the students took the cleanup job.“I’m surprised that they are more aware of their community,” she said. “I thought they would be in their own teenage worlds, but they’re not.“These are the kids that are going to be the stewards of the environment, and they are more than willing to take ownership.”Herald/Review reporter Katie Evans can be reached at 515-4611 or by e-mail at katie.evans@svherald.com.
Students participate in Earth Day cleanupBy Katie EvansHerald/Review
Published on Wednesday, April 23, 2008
SIERRA VISTA — Marie Vilkauskas is tired of seeing trash along the roadside.Which is why the Sierra Summit Academy senior was out Tuesday morning with 12 other schoolmates picking up garbage along the school’s adopted portion of Highway 92.
“It makes me mad, it really does,” Vilkauskas said. “I found a dirty diaper out here, and that’s just disgusting.“I don’t understand why people can’t wait until they get to a trash can, you know?”The cleanup is part of the school’s contribution to Earth Day, as well as a valuable lesson for the students. The official Earth Day was on Tuesday.“It teaches civic as well as science lessons,” said Mike Wurth, the Latin teacher for the school. “At the end of all this they’re very tired but they’re very pleased.“They’re surprised at
how much garbage they pick up.”Wurth said the students set out with 30 large garbage bags to fill, and he expected them to all be filled by the time they were done. And as students picked up plastic bottles, fast-food wrappings and cardboard boxes, among other things, the bags filled up quickly.Nicole Parks was surprised by the garbage she was picking up. “People throw away some crazy things,” the senior said, noting the most disturbing thing she picked up was a small, empty alcohol bottle.Parks said it was a harder activity than she had expected, but also one that has left a lasting impact on her.“I’ll try to recycle more,” she said.Ruby Vasquez, like Vilkauskas, has gotten tired of the litter situation. “Every time we pass through here I see all the trash, so I decided to volunteer to do something good for the community, good for the environment,” said the senior. “I just wanted to clean up.”What bothered her the most to see scattered along the roadsides Tuesday was all the cigarette butts.“It’s just a lot of them,” she said. “Seeing how they can burn all the dry grass.”For the students, picking up the garbage actually turned out to be fun.“I don’t know why, but it is,” Vilkauskas said. “It’s like a competition, who gets the most garbage in their bags.”Stacey Peterson, the dean of students for the school, said it surprised her to see how seriously the students took the cleanup job.“I’m surprised that they are more aware of their community,” she said. “I thought they would be in their own teenage worlds, but they’re not.“These are the kids that are going to be the stewards of the environment, and they are more than willing to take ownership.”Herald/Review reporter Katie Evans can be reached at 515-4611 or by e-mail at katie.evans@svherald.com.
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