Notre Dame has announced that its middle division has earned designation as an official Michigan Green School, Emerald Level (15 + points) for the 2013-2014 school year. Middle-division counselor Kim Smith, who also is mentor for the division's E-club, said that although the club is relatively small, "they are all very hard-working students!"
Some of the E-club activities, Smith said, included bake sales, school-wide bottle/glass/paper recycling, Nike Reuse-A-Shoe recycle program and a printer-cartridge recycle programs. "In addition, a school-wide community read day took place this year that included reading the book, 'Seed Folks,' and the kids collected also food for Gleaners," she said. "And this month, the E-club is planting spicebushes for our monarch butterfly waystation garden."
Special thanks to faculty members Marna Nemon, Cathy Moras and Ginny Pauwels for their continued support and help for the Environmental Club.
About Michigan Green Schools
Michigan Green Schools is a non-profit 501(c)3 agency dedicated to assisting all Michigan schools—public and private—achieve environmental goals which include protecting the air, land, water and animals of our state along with world outreach through good ecological practices and the teaching of educational stewardship of students pre-kindergarten through senior high school.
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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. The school's upper division 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 divisions enroll students in jr. kindergarten through grade eight. All three divisions 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.