Six Royal Oak Schools Earn

"Green Schools" Designation

ROYAL OAK, MI. - Royal Oak High School and five Royal Oak Neighborhood School District elementary schools -  Addams, Keller, Northwood , Oak Ridge, Upton - have officially been named State of Michigan "Green Schools".

A school is eligible to receive a green school designation under Act No. 146 Public Acts of 2006 if the school meets ten of the following criteria:

• Recycle paper.
• Reuse magazines and newspapers for other projects.
• Adopt an endangered species animal
• Update print and non-print ecological materials regularly.
• Institute an energy savings program.
• Students participate in a planned program of energy savings.
• Host a visit by an ecological spokesperson.
• Have a birdhouse habitat project.
• Establish a natural Michigan garden project with native plants.
• Have solar power presentations or experiments, such as a solar cookout.
• Recycle printer cartridges.
• Recycle batteries.
• Recycle cellular telephones.
• Observe earth day in April.
• Have a poster contest to support ecology concerns in conjunction with earth day.
• Have science class projects in which students do home energy improvements.

Oak-Roots hosted a district-wide kick-off meeting in January to discuss recycling in the Royal Oak School District, the Green Schools program, and other environmental endeavors. A representative from each school reported on their school's recycling efforts.

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