Currently Seymour Magnet School is not composting, however stay tuned!

Seymour Magnet School employs a wonderful recycling program which entails a group of students who meet once a week to collect and transport recyclable materials. This recycling crew also monitors the purity of the materials to be recycled. If a certain amount of non-recyclable material / residue is present, an "oops" sticker will be placed on the bin, and changes will have to be made to improve the quality for the next pickup.

Students participating in recycling will be receiving T-shirts, thanks to NYSAR3, Naef recycling, OCRRA, Karen Hall and all of the students who designed the shirt!

Student involvement in the recycling is a wonderful learning tool. Karen Hall also reports that many parents have confronted her with thanks for helping their children to understand the importance of environmental education. An array of posters line the hallways of Seymour Magnet as a constant reminder of the importance of recycling. Also Karen has a bulletin board in the hallway which she keeps updated with current OCRRA information as well as recycling tips.

Karen has plans to fill out the online evaluation sheet ASAP, as she has kept records of estimated waste diversion since the beginning of her program, years ago.

Thanks to Naef Recycling for donating a scale to Seymour Magnet, to record exact weekly waste diversion.

Also the weekly tips Karen Hall displays on the bulletin board offer insight to students and parents on how to walk more softly on the earth.

Seymour Magnet School uses electronic communication to give messages/ news to staff members, rather than paper. They call this e-newsletter the "Sentinel"