{"id":1526,"date":"2023-06-20T16:04:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T23:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/highlandpark\/?p=1526"},"modified":"2024-03-04T12:34:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T20:34:46","slug":"highland-park-elementary-class-puts-on-school-wide-waste-sorting-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/highlandpark\/highland-park-elementary-class-puts-on-school-wide-waste-sorting-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Highland Park Elementary class puts on school-wide waste sorting game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56%; padding-top: 20px; height: 0;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/hml.sd42.ca\/player?autostart=n&amp;videoId=0JHa11je&amp;captions=y&amp;chapterId=0&amp;playerJs=n\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Ms. Tsia\u2019s class became game show hosts for a day at Highland Park Elementary in a fun, interactive assembly to teach students about sorting waste.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was about teaching people like\u2026 what you put in the recycling and what you put in the organics bin,\u201d said Payge J., a Grade 4 student in the class.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause it could contaminate the recycling bin if it doesn\u2019t go in the right bin,\u201d added Joshua R., who is in Grade 3.<\/p>\n<p>Yin Tsia\u2019s Grade 3\/4 class stood at the front of the gym, while the rest of their school looked on.<\/p>\n<p>They lined up the three bins: garbage, recycling and organics. Then the pop quiz began, complete with props and music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have to try to answer where the garbage goes,\u201d explained Liam M., a Grade 3 student.<\/p>\n<p>Students were given an item to throw out and asked which bin they\u2019d toss it in. If they chose the wrong bin, Liam added, he would make an X with his hands and point to the right answer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would just say wrong, good try, it\u2019s supposed to go in the garbage, for example,\u201d said Lucy G., who is in Grade 3.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, it went \u201cpretty good\u201d and all the students did \u201cpretty good\u201d too, the class agreed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15053 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sd42.ca\/assets\/media\/IMG_920680.jpg\" alt=\"Students from a Grade 3\/4 class at Highland Park Elementary stand behind garbage, organics and recycling bins at the front of the gymnasium during a school-wide assembly.\" width=\"457\" height=\"343\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The students also made posters, created recycle art, made announcements, and ran a waste-free lunch kit challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best type of learning is when the students don\u2019t realize they are learning,\u201d said Yin Tsia, their teacher. \u201cI have many kids in my class who benefit from hands-on, experiential type of learning. It was wonderful to see how involved and excited they all got.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The activities were part of an annual month-long district-wide challenge called the Go Green Together campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe challenge that I put out to the teachers and the students is to think differently, so think a little bit more sustainably,\u201d said Alexandra Tudose, energy and environmental sustainability manager for Maple Ridge \u2013 Pitt Meadows School District.<\/p>\n<p>This year, five schools participated in the campaign, including Hammond Elementary, Laity View Elementary, Yennadon Elementary, Pitt Meadows Elementary and Highland Park Elementary.<\/p>\n<p>The students came up with activities ranging from reusable lunch kits, to lights out lunches, and even donating clothes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is where the next generation of leaders \u2013 environmental leaders, engineers, scientists \u2013 is going,\u201d Tudose said. \u201cSo, if we don\u2019t harbour and teach our kids to be more sustainable, more green, then we\u2019re missing the opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tudose hopes next year, more schools will take part in the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing sustainable and green is so important, not only for us as adults, but especially for the younger generation,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ms. Tsia\u2019s class became game show hosts for a day at Highland Park Elementary in a fun, interactive assembly to teach students about sorting waste. \u201cIt was about teaching people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/highlandpark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/highlandpark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/highlandpark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/highlandpark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/highlandpark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1526"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/highlandpark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1532,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/highlandpark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526\/revisions\/1532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/highlandpark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/highlandpark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/highlandpark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/highlandpark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}