International Green Flag award for ABRHS! May 4 celebration - please come!

[Jim Snyder-Grant]

Please come celebrate! The prestigious international Green Flag award will be given to Acton-Boxborough Regional High School- the 4th school in the United States to receive this honor! The award is in recognition of significant success in energy conservation and other green initiatives including:

• 10% drop in electricity consumption
• an "extreme makeover" of the cafeteria - recycling is boosted to 250% of last year's levels and food scraps are now captured for composting - trash is reduced to four bags instead of forty!!
  
• planting a beautiful rain garden
• promoting reusable water bottles
• maintaining a big worm "bench" that is nourished with food scraps from the cafeteria
• lots more...
  

Student leadership has been a key component of these successes, and so has community support.
Please come join in the celebration - we want you with us for this big day!

We will be joined by:

• US Congresswoman Niki Tsongas
• Senator James Eldridge
• Representative Jen Benson
• a National Wildlife Federation representative presenting a big green flag!
  
• talented students breakdancing, juggling and making music
• and you we hope!

When: Friday, May 4, 2:30-3:30pm
Where: Acton-Boxborough Regional High School at the Auditorium entrance (same as Town Meeting)

The Green Flag is the highest award given through the international Eco-Schools program, which is adopted in more than 50 countries and 40,000 schools around the world.  It was adopted in the United States in 2009 and is hosted here by the National Wildlife Federation with support from the National Association of Secondary School Principals.

Questions?
Contact Kate Crosby , Energy Advisor, at kcr...@abschools.org
or check out our ABRHS sustainability website: sites.google.com/a/abschools.org/sustainabilityabrhs/home

See you on May 4th!!!