Plastic Bag RoundUp

Athlone School's annual Plastic Bag Round-Up has officially begun.

Last year 1.46 million plastic bags were saved from landfills and waterways through Take Pride Winnipeg's, Bag Up Manitoba program. There has also been a significant reduction in single use plastic bags since Bag Up Manitoba began.

Plastic bags can last from 200-500 years before they begin to degrade. Plastic bags that make their way to lakes, oceans, and rivers often endanger animal habitats or make the animals sick. 
The Green Hearts Club is encouraging all of our staff and students, as well as their families to bring in plastic bags. Bags can be from cereal and crackers boxes, ziploc bags, shopping bags, bubble wrap, and bags from toilet paper and diaper packages. Take Pride Winnipeg respectfully asks that all bags be clean and dry as dirty bags clog the machines used, to turn the bags into useful products such as frisbees, birdhouses, garden boxes, and park benches.

Bags will be collected until Tuesday, November 1st. After the Bag Up Manitoba program has been completed, plastic bags can still be recycled at your local grocery store. Sobeys, Superstore, Safeway, and Wal-Mart have large containers at the front entrance of their stores, where bags of all shapes and sizes can be recycled. Thank-you for taking care of our earth.

Sincerely,

The Green Hearts Club

WE Scare Hunger

Once again, Athlone School is participating in WE Scare Hunger for the month of October.




We are collecting non-perishable food items to give to Winnipeg Harvest.




Last year we beat our goal of 134 pounds of food donations by more than 400pounds! Our goal this year is to beat last year's collection of 565 pounds.




Winnipeg Harvest has suggested the following items as high need:


Canned meat, Canned beans, canned soup, Canned fruit, rice and/or pasta.

Green Hearts Club Appeal for Shamattawa

On September 23, 2016, a fire burned the only food store in Shamattawa, Manitoba. 

Shamattawa First Nation has had to declare a state of emergency and is in need of assistance in bringing food to the community. They are especially hoping for donations to help young families that have infants and toddlers.  Perimeter Airlines has agreed to fly food and other donations, that have been collected by St.James-Assiniboia School Division, up to the people in Shamattawa. 

As the people in Shamattawa are in dire need of assistance, Athlone School will be collecting diapers, baby formula, baby food, soap, toilet paper, and dried goods from Tuesday, October 4th until Friday, October 7th.  Thank-you in advance for your generous support.

 

                                                                             Sincerely,

                                                                             The Green Hearts Club

Nutrition Night

The Athlone School Parent Council hosted a "Nutrition Night" on Tuesday, September 27th.


While parents gathered in the library to hear a presentation from a Community Nutrition Educator on the importance of healthy lunches, their children were in the school's gym learning about healthy food choices. and preparing a healthy snack.


With teacher volunteers from the Athlone staff, the students gathered into two groups. One group made couscous salad and the other group made rainbow fruit kebabs. When both groups were done, they all sat and down and shared and ate what they had made.


It was very informative and fun evening for everyone!

Back to School BBQ 2016

On Thursday, September 22nd at Athlone School, the Parent Council ran their annual Back to School BBQ. The weather cooperated and it was a lovely evening to visit with friends and neighbours.

A big thank you goes out to the Parent Council, the staff and all the volunteers who helped make this such a successful event.

 

Parent Council AGM

The Athlone Parent Council will hold its AGM on Tuesday, September 13th @ 6:30pm in the Athlone School Library.


Please consider coming out and being part of our dynamic parent council for the 2016-2017 school year.

Back to School Recycling Contest

Athlone School has registered to be part of the Back to School Recyling Contest, sponsored by Take Pride Winnipeg.


The goal is to collect as many used batteries as possible over the summer and the early fall and bring them to school from September 19th  to 30th, 2016.


The school that collects the most batteries wins a donation of $1500!


And even if we don't win, we will be preventing many, many batteries from ending up in our landfills and damaging our land and water.