What Schools Have Done with Project Green Machine Incentive Money

What Schools Did For PGM Designation-2002
& What They Did with Their Incentive Money

Lake Weir Middle School	Project Green Machine - Qualifying Activities Mrs. Debra Green, 7th Grade Math Teacher, put together a small group of students who needed additional help with their math skills. They met once per week for about 70 minutes. The focus of the group was energy conservation. Their activities included reading the school's three electric meters and recording data. "The activities gave the group real world experiences in solving problems involving decimals, fractions, and percent." Needed skills for the FCAT Test. Incentives Program Results Award money went toward establishing an after-school tutoring program. They needed money for teacher salaries and buses. Now that they have buses to take students home at the later time, they have also established several academic enrichment clubs. One of these clubs is the district's first "Project Green Machine Club."
Belleview Middle School	Project Green Machine - Qualifying Activities Mr. Delbert Smallridge, Assistant Principal, has conducted an award-winning SAVE Team effort to prevent energy waste at his school. Belleview Middle School was recently awarded 2nd Place nation-wide in the Alliance to Save Energy (ASE) Earth Apple competition. Activities included recycling of office paper, energy auditing, an energy conservation recognition program, science curriculum which included a home energy "scavenger hunt," native plants demonstration gardern, and displays by students on energy conservation. Incentives Program Results Award money went to the Science Department. They will use it for a special planning day to develop a model Science CIM (Continuous Improvement Model) initiative for the 2003-2004 school year. The money will pay for needed supplies and substitute teacher pay during their planning session.
	Maplewood Elementary Project Green Machine - Qualifying Activities Mrs. Crum, Art Teacher, developed a grant for a special art project, "The Switch That Saves," that consisted of posters specially designed to go around or next to light switches, encouraging people to turn off lights. Incentives Program Results Award money went toward planting trees around their new play ground.
Belleview Santos Elementary	Project Green Machine - Qualifying Activities Mrs. Yvonne Gillum, developed a program through a PGM Grant. The Belleview Santos Elementary SAVE Team involved 2 - 3 students from each of their fifth grade classes that met approximately once per week to conduct various conservation projects as the school's Energy Patrol. These were enrichment projects undertaken by students who were selected by their teachers to participate. Incentives Program Results Award money went toward the purchase of two new I-Mac computers for classroom use.
Emerald Shores Elementary	Project Green Machine - Qualifying Activities Mrs. Patty Jones, 5th Grade Teacher, started a SAVE Team that included an Energy Patrol, light switch posters, phone book recycling, use of recycled paper, graphing and charting electric use, and other conservation activities. Incentives Program Results Award money went toward the purchase of two new I-Mac computers for classroom use, student and teacher supplies, and ink cartridges.
Madison Street Academy	Project Green Machine - Qualifying Activities Mrs. Sara Ward, 3rd Grade Teacher, established an Energy Patrol which goes around to designated classrooms, offices, cafeteria, and the media center several times a week to check whether energy or water is being wasted or saved. They have involved custodians and the Extended Day Program supervisor to help get lights turned off after school. They also have had an extensive recycling program for aluminum cans. Incentives Program Results Award money went toward the purchase of pole-mounted trashcans and two picnic tables. The outdoor picnic tables will also allow for outdoor classroom science experiments and Extended Day Program activities.
Shady Hill Elementary	Project Green Machine - Qualifying Activities Rhonda Legall, Kindergarten Teacher, initiated the school's conservation activities. Working with teachers in the other grades, the school monitored energy use, used the morning announcements to promote conservation, and did recycling projects. Mrs. Legall recently won a grant to expand the program from the Public Education Foundation's Grants for Great Ideas. Incentives Program Results Award money went toward the purchase of native trees and shrubs for courtyard areas.
Wyomina Park Elementary	Project Green Machine - Qualifying Activities Mrs. Fuller, Pre-K Teacher, had her students involved in making small posters for thermostats that remind staff and faculty of proper temperature settings. Incentives Program Results Award money went toward staff incentives, classroom supplies and motivational pins for those doing a good job.

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