This afternoon, the 8-F and 7-F classes went on an earth day exploration, we took the bus to the Walmart area, by the brook, and cleaned all the garbage. We gathered around 8 bags of garbage, which includes food wrappers, metal, glass,( etc. ..)
It was a very cold, damp and rainy day which brought our spirits down, but knowing that we were helping the earth brought them back up again.
Next we walked to Burton avenue, split up into groups, one going to the drainage pipe and the others going to the field. We found one big mass of garbage which included plastic bags, photos, clothes and lighters. We gathered more garbage, which is hurting the earth's environment. The water still has a orange layer of foam over the water (algae?) covering the water in a layer of gunk.
We found a shopping cart in the woods and used it to carry our bags full of garbage back to the school.
Afterward we walked to the Parade street drainage pipe. A student found minnows and another stickleback fish. There was probably the least amount of garbage here, but there was still a lot.
We arrived back to the school after two hours of garbage picking, a job well done if I do say so myself. (L.T.)
We would like to thank Kent for supplying garbage bags and disposing of the trash that we collected near their store.
