Phone Book Recycling Pics

A few pics from the last phone book pick-up day. Awesome job Green Clubbers!!

Recycle, Recycle, Recycle!!

Green Club has been off to a fantastic start!! We just finished our phone book drive and our school collected thousands of phone books for Recycle Livingston!

We are working on our Adopt An Animal project. We'll have a stuffed animal day in January. The money raised will go towards adopting an animal for Green Club. Last year we adopted a Polar Bear. Stay tuned to find out what this year's animal will be! :)

Pizza Party

To celebrate all of our hard work, we will be having a pizza party during our last Green Club meeting on May 26th. We will eat during regular lunch times. The cost of the pizza party will be compliments of Mr. Clay. Thank you, Mr. Clay! Drinks will also be provided.

Summer Fun!

Here are a few fun "green" places to visit and things to do this summer:

• Create fun projects with materials from Arts and Scraps


• Visit your public library for free books and movies to borrow


• Bike or hike at Brighton Recreation Area


• Enjoy the butterflies and beautiful gardens at MSU Horticultural Gardens and Butterfly House or Cranbrook House and Gardens or U of M Botanical Gardens


• Stop by the Howell Nature Center to see the animals


• Bike, play, visit the farm, have a picnic and enjoy Kensington Metropark Island Lake Recreation Area


• Find a Geocache with your family.


• Play croquet or kickball in the backyard


• Enjoy shopping, eating, movies, farmer's market, festivals and concerts in Downtown Howell


• Stay cool with squirt guns, sprinklers, and water balloons


• Pitch a tent and go camping...even in your backyard


• Jump into one of Michigan's beautiful lakes!


• Watch fire flies...try to catch one in your hands


• Have a picnic


• Visit Downtown Brighton to play at the park, enjoy the Millpond, or relax and listen to a free summer concert


• Clear out clutter and have a yard sale


• Go on a bike ride or hike


• Have a sleepover with friends


• Enjoy a nap in a hammock


• Go fishing


• Learn a foreign language


• Plant a garden


• Go canoeing


• Fly a kite


• Play a game of freeze tag


• Build a tree house


• Have fun with your family! :)

*Some of these (and lots others) you can visit free by picking up a Museum Adventure Pass. Click here to find out how!

E-mail Mrs. Burch with other ideas you may have to add to the list! :)

Michigan Green School

Yeah! Celebrate!! Our application for Michigan Green School status has been accepted! Great job Hutchings! We all should be very proud of this accomplishment!

Waste Free Wednesdays

Hutchings Green Club has been sponsoring "Waste-Free Wednesdays" in our cafeteria. We have challenged our students to limit their waste whether they pack or buy lunch. If students pack a lunch, we are encouraging them to not make any trips to the trash. They should pack in all reusable containers, including their drink. If students buy lunch, we are encouraging them to only take what they will eat and drink to reduce waste. In addition, napkins, straws, and silverware should be taken only when needed. Students who are "Waste-Free" are entered into a raffle for a chance to win green-themed prizes!!

Michigan Green School Application

Our application for Michigan Green School Status was submitted in February. We expect to hear back by the end of March.

Guest Speaker

Green Club was proud to host Mr. Manning as a guest speaker during our March 10th meeting. Mr. Manning spoke to us about the Asian Carp infestation, as well as other invasive species in Michigan. We learned a lot about how an invasive species can negatively impact an ecosystem. The picutures he shared were fascinating! We plan to get involved by writing our legislature in an effort to help stop the Asian carp infestation. Thank you, Mr. Manning!

Help needed!

We are in need of parent help in the cafeteria for Waste Free Wednesdays. If you are available to help from 11:50am-1:35pm on Wednesdays, please contact Mrs. Palo at paloh@howellschools.com. THANKS!!

****IMPORTANT GREEN CLUB CHANGE****

Well, again we have found it necessary to adjust our meeting times. As this is a new program, we are finding as we go that we need to be flexible and find what works best for most people involved. Due to the schedules of our adult volunteers and some student members, we have decided to change all of our meetings to lunch/recess meetings. We will no longer have after school meetings. All of the meeting dates will remain the same, usually the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month. Our meetings for this month will take place on January 13th and January 27th. We thank you for your understanding. Please let us know if you have any questions. Thanks!!