ACS Summer Garden Update
The plants in ACS’s garden have been super-charged by the cafeteria’s compost! Here are some photos of our (little and big) volunteers weeding the garden.
Girl Scouts Use Cafeteria Compost for Plants in ACS Garden
The Girl Scouts helped to clean up and plant the ACS garden this week! There are two halves of the garden: one is just soil without fertilizer and the other uses the biomass created by our dehydrator in the ACS […]
ACS is turning its cafeteria’s food waste into garden fertilizer – overnight!
Vito Mazza, ACS parent of two and EcoVim sales representative, standing next to the new food waste processor. Starting in 2020, instead of throwing our leftover and uneaten food in the trash every day, we are now turning it into […]
ACS Fall Farmer’s Market
The ACS Home and School Association partnered with the local Purple Dragon food co-op to stage an incredible farmer’s market outside the school. Parents volunteered to staff the outdoor market while kids brought reusable bags from home to “shop” for […]
We have been certified by Sustainable Jersey!
All three Leonia schools (ACS, LMS & LHS) have earned Bronze certifications from Sustainable Jersey for Schools. In addition to the satisfaction that comes from knowing we are taking active steps to move closer to a Zero Waste Leonia, certified […]
School Recycling Program: The Numbers Are In!
With dedicated recycling stations for milk and juice containers in cafeterias, recycling bins for paper and commingled containers in each classroom, and a big push for awareness, Leonia started a new era of recycling in our schools in 2018. Check […]
Leonia Day – May 19, 2019
Every May, the town holds an Earth Day festival called “Leonia Day.” And every year, members of this small, 1,000-home town flock to Wood Park to enjoy a spring day outside with their neighbors. Leonia Day offers many free components: a […]
Leonia Schools begin recycling in all classrooms and cafeterias
With dedicated recycling stations for milk and juice containers in cafeterias and recycling bins for paper and commingled containers in each classroom, Leonia has started a new era of recycling in our schools. Families, support your students! Students, tell your […]
Leonia Schools Go Styrofoam-Free!
Thanks to the efforts of the Green Team, the support of the Girl Scouts and the community, and a $10,000 grant from New Jersey Education Association’s Sustainable Jersey for Schools, Leonia’s Anna C. Scott Elementary School stopped using Styrofoam cafeteria […]
Plastic Bag Challenge
Many families don’t know that we can now recycle plastic film in Leonia. To promote awareness and generate excitement about this new capability, the Green Team is sponsoring a Plastic Bag Challenge in the schools. Each school (ACS, LMS & […]