Brookside Public School teacher Larry Grail and Grade 8 student Logan Curran accept the EcoStar Director's Choice award on behalf of their school last night.
Bullet News SEAFORTH – An exhaustive list of green initiatives at Brookside Public School earned it the EcoStar Director’s Choice for outstanding environmental effort.
Forty awards were presented to teachers and students from across the Avon Maitland District during during its first EcoStar Awards ceremony at the board’s education centre in Seaforth.
Brookside PS teacher Larry Grail and student Logan Curran accepted the award on behalf of the school. Both received high praise from the school’s principal, Julie Holmes.
“Larry Grail initiated, implemented and coordinated a huge greening project including grant writing, recruiting volunteers, scheduling
Larry Grail
summer maintenance families, securing community donations of materials and labour, physical labour, coordinating student planting events, tractor operation, expertise sharing, etc.,” Holmes said.
Grail leads the Green Team of students, who are responsible for the 3-R program and initiatives such as assemblies, recognition events, planting and fund-raising.
As EcoSchool Lead Teacher, he co-ordinated curriculum lesson planning, audits, bulletin board displays, and completed the online task of submitting evidence for certification.
Logan Curran, who is a Grade 8 student, was recognized a leader among the Green Team students.
“He is dedicated to recycling and composting duties – even the really smelly, gross duties – and he
Logan Curran
supervises and encourages other students to assist in these programs. He reliably performs his Green Team duties without reminders every school day,” Holmes said.
The award was sponsored by Ideal Supply and the Foundation for Education Perth Huron.
