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Schools in Pulaski County recently learned the results of their conservation practices during Green Month, which was February. The best efforts were recognized with Green Month Awards during the community’s third-annual Earth Day Celebration on April 20 at Somerset Community College (SCC).

Green Month
Green Month was intended to excite students about conservation and involve them in caring for the environment. It was sponsored by SCC, PRIDE, Pulaski County Recycling Center, Pulaski County Schools, Somerset Independent Schools and Science Hill Independent School.

The Green Month program was originally organized by SCC Assistant Professor Jesus Rivas. This was the second year for the program.

During Green Month, guest speakers visited classrooms in all local schools to lead lessons and make presentations on environmental topics, such as water quality and energy conservation.

All local elementary, middle and high schools competed to conserve energy and water during Green Month. Each school tried to reduce its energy and water usage for February 2008 compared to February 2007.

Southern Elementary won the Green Month Award for energy conservation by cutting its electricity usage by 12 percent. Pulaski Elementary finished second with a 9 percent drop in energy use.

On the water front, Southwestern High School won 1st Place by using 36 percent less water in February 2008 than it did in February 2007. Pulaski Central High School was the runner up with a 23 percent cut in water usage.

All schools also competed in a Green Month recycling contest. The Pulaski County Recycling Center compared the weight of recycled materials collected at schools of similar size. In all, the schools recycled a total of 17,469 pounds in February.

The recycling contest winners were:

0-300 Students: 1st Place – Pulaski Central High (327 pounds), Runner Up – Pulaski Day Treatment Center (289 pounds)
301-600 Students: 1st Place – Science Hill Independent (3,002 pounds), Runner Up – Somerset High (1,403 pounds)
601-1000 Students: 1st Place – Southern Middle (2,242 pounds), Runner Up – Pulaski Elementary (1,370 pounds)
1,001+ Students: 1st Place – Southwestern High (2,452 pounds), Runner Up – Pulaski County High (1,782 pounds)

Pulaski Central High School was the overall Green Month winner for participating in all three contests. The school recycled 327 pounds, reduced energy consumption by 2 percent and cut water usage by 23 percent.

The winning schools received plaques or certificates and redbud trees, which were donated by Southern and Eastern Kentucky Tourism Development Association.

Poster Contest
In the Somerset School System, high school students organized a poster contest for students at Hopkins Elementary.

Winners for each homeroom were selected. From those, grade-level winners were chosen. An overall school winner also was named. All winners received PRIDE medals and certificates.

The winners were:

Kindergarten: Elijah Adkins, Tatyana Brown, Jase Bruner (grade-level winner), Hazel Lewis, Connor McGuire and Eric Wilson.
1st Grade: Lilli Burton, Annie Conder (tied for grade-level winner and 3rd Place overall), Maddie Lucas, Tamryn Nel, Molly Schoolcraft (tied for grade-level winner and 3rd Place overall) and Will Perkins.
2nd Grade: Colton Seth Bennett, Ella Corder, Carolina Picard, Emily Spears (grade-level winner and 2nd Place overall) and Allison Webster.
3rd Grade: Peyton Coots, Shyla Daniel, Sharon Hammer, Katheryn Reynolds (tied for grade-level winner) and Braiden Thacker (tied for grade-level winner).
4th Grade: Tate Blankenship, Keyla Coomer, Taylor Everage, Canaan Reynolds (grade-level winner and 1st Place overall) and Grant Tindle.

Earth Day
The Green Month Awards were just one part of the Earth Day celebration at SCC. Five hundred people participated in the celebration, which was held on the Sunday afternoon before Earth Day.

Earth Day celebrants enjoyed many activities that inspired appreciation and respect for nature. Jerry Stevens, retired Forest Service District Ranger, led walks along the SCC nature trail. Star gazers visited an inflatable planetarium set up by Morehead State University. The Somerset High School E-Team PRIDE Club gave away compact fluorescent light bulbs and demonstrated how pollution travels through a watershed. Other participants included Girl Scouts and Upper Cumberland Watershed Watch volunteers.

The festivities included music by The Charming Third, as well as free chicken sandwiches and vegetable kabobs prepared by the SCC Samothrace Club, Student Government Association and Student Ambassadors.

The Earth Day event was sponsored by SCC, Kentucky Utilities, Girl Scouts of America and PRIDE. PRIDE is a nonprofit organization that promotes environmental cleanup and education in 38 counties of southern and eastern Kentucky.

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Posted: 07 May 2008

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