Eleven members of the Notre Dame Marist Academy ”E-Club” gather outside the Pontiac campus. They are focused on helping the Notre Dame community make environmentally friendly decisions both inside and outside of school.
The Notre Dame Marist Academy – Middle Division Environmental Club, or "E-Club," is moderated by middle division counselor Kim Smith. She says club members have been busy with a number of initiatives.
"The E-Club’s newest project is recycling in the lunch room," Smith said. "And daily reminder announcements are made in the cafeteria to remind all students to recycle. The Notre Dame Marist Academy community has been very helpful in recycling and the upper division also is using the setup in their lunch room to recycle as well."
Smith said the E-Club, which currently has 14 members, also sponsored a bake sale recently, which made $45. "Part of that money went to purchase clear plastic bags for recycling," Smith said. "A local Staples store also was kind enough to donate recycle bins for each classroom and [middle division teacher] Mrs. Pauwels donated red bags to hold recycled bottles and cans in each classroom. In addition, every Thursday, the E-Club picks up the recycling from each division classroom."
Future goals for the club include getting involved in a food garden, planting trees on campus, having a bake sale, a reusable water bottle sale and an awareness day for Earth Day.
If other students would like to join or have any ideas, please contact Mrs. Kim Smith in the middle division counseling office.
Comments or questions? mkelly@ndpma.org.
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About Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy
Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. Notre Dame's upper school enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame's middle and lower schools enroll students in pre-kindergarten through grade eight. All three schools are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." NDPMA is conducted by the Marist Fathers and Brothers and is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, visit the school's home page at www.ndpma.org.