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Sustainability and Green Team

The Green Team’s mission is to initiate waste reduction and
​school-wide sorting; enhance our garden learning program; and advocate for sustainability for both school and PFC functions.

Our Goals

  • Promote environmental responsibility and healthy living with the school community.
  • Encourage best practices in sustainability.
  • Challenge students, staff, and the community to consider their ecological impact and provide education to support a positive impact on the environment and healthy living.
  • Foster a learning environment where students can experience the connections between their actions, their health, their community, their environment, and their food.

Sustainability & Green Team Contacts

  • Elyse SG Bart, PFC Sustainability Chair
  • Alexis Lavine, Gardening Teacher
  • ​Bonnie Forbes, Kindergarten Teacher & Green Gloves Representative

Resources

  • https://mightynest.com/shop/lunch-gear
  • https://ecolunchboxes.com/pages/why-plastic-free
  • https://myplasticfreelife.com/plasticfreeguide/
  • https://www.ousd.org/greengloves

Our Initiatives

  • Garden Program: Several organic, edible, and ornamental garden areas at Thornhill provide an outdoor classroom for​hands-on science instruction. The program is currently offered during the school day, and after school enrichment classes are offered to 1st through 5th grade classes. Garden instruction is integrated with science curriculum and supports our sustainability goals of making the school greener, healthier, and more aware of the natural environment and life processes.
  • ColorCycle: recycling all spent markers. In our inaugural year, we collected an astounding 86 LBS of dried markers from our collection bins. The markers will be shipped to a facility to where they will be converted into clean fuel. This fuel can be used to power vehicles, heat homes, and cook meals--all while keeping tons of plastic out of landfills each year. 
  • Healthy Bodies, Healthy Lives: honoring the importance of including healthy food options at all school-wide events.
  • School Grounds: litter elimination, landscaping/beautifying, supporting responsibility and accountability, and a positive sense of community collaboration.
  • Student Education: tricks and tips around environmental best practices (reuse, recycle, reduce, re-purpose).
  • Waste Reduction & Sorting: Providing resources to optimize compost and recycling in classrooms, cafeteria, and at-school events; shifting to compostable and reusable products at school-wide events.
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Get Involved!

Our Clean & Green team would love new adult and young members! Love gardening? Have awesome sustainable ideas? Want to just connect with folks with similar values? Have an hour a week to dedicate to a key cause? There are many ways to support our efforts—please consider volunteering to:
-Decrease single-use plastics/wrapper use in our students’ snacks and lunches
-Assist with garden maintenance
-Encourage student sustainability leadership, and student-led sustainability initiatives
-Track waste at school events
-Take a shift at Fall Sweep & Spring Clean workdays
-Support increased sustainability consciousness & concepts in our daily lives

Anyone in the Thornhill and local community is invited to join the Green Team, provide ideas, and initiate projects!​
Contact our Sustainability Chair, Elyse Bart to learn more.

Contact Us

Thornhill Elementary School
5880 Thornhill Dr., Oakland, CA 94611
phone: (510) 339-6800
fax: (510) 339-6801

Tax ID #94-2529197
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Thornhill is proud to be recognized as a 2016
​National Blue Ribbon School.

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  • Home
  • Our School
    • Meet Our Principal
    • Teachers & Staff
    • School History
    • Student Achievement
    • Prospective Families (TK/K Information)
    • Registration & Enrollment >
      • Back-to-School Guide
      • Forms & Policies >
        • Acceptable Use Policy
        • Attendance Policy
      • Middle School Options
    • Bell Schedule
    • OUSD Lunch Menu
    • Parking & Drop-Off
    • Photo Gallery
    • Contact
  • Learning
    • Curriculum
    • Distance Learning >
      • Letter from the Principal July 24
      • Letter from the Principal August 1
    • Enrichment Classes
    • Extended Care
    • Gardening
    • Library
    • Visual and Performing Arts
  • Our Community
    • Calendar & Events
    • Fall Festival
    • Thornhill Night at the A's
    • Stay Connected
    • Newsletter
    • Committees & Groups >
      • Dads Club
      • Sustainability & Green Team
    • Volunteer
  • PFC
    • Board Members
    • Board Roles & Responsibilities >
      • Executive Board Members
      • Non-Voting Board Members
    • PFC Meetings
  • Fundraising
    • Shop & Earn
    • Spirit Wear
    • Dine Outs
    • Teacher Wish Lists
    • Readathon
    • Annual Fund
    • Benefit Auction
    • Walkathon