Photo Opp:   Elementary School Earth Week Activities 

Visual:      Elementary students will pick up trash on school grounds, parking areas and portions of Hiatus Road. Students will hold signs stating “Save the Plant! Protect the Earth!” and recite, “Clean Up, Pick Up, It’s all UP to YOU!” as they pick up the trash.
Dates:       April 18, 2017 through April 21, 2017
Time:        Every 45 minutes between 8:00 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.
Location:  Pembroke Pines Charter Elementary School-East Campus,  
                  10801 Pembroke Road, Pembroke Pines 33025
Media:      Valerie L. Moran, Publicist Pembroke Pines Media, 
                 C: 954.392.9494 / E: VLMoran@ppines.com

Earth Week Activities and A “Film” Raiser
Benefiting an Outdoor Classroom at the
Pembroke Pines Charter Elementary School - East Campus

Pembroke Pines, FL… April 17, 2017…The students at Pembroke Pines Charter Elementary School East Campus participate year round in creating awareness and helping to keep planet earth healthy.  Students participate in beach clean-ups, plant native plants for butterflies and other pollinators and much more.
 
As Earth Week begins, the students will continue their work as young stewards of the environment. Throughout the school day (8:00 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.) during Earth Week April 17, 2017 to April 21, 2017, students in every grade will actively participate in the PPCS - East Campus Earth Week events. “Our school and its students have a long history of volunteering in activities to protect the environment. We stress environmental awareness  all year long!” said Lisa Dizengoff, Science Facilitator at the Pembroke Pines Charter Elementary School – East Campus.

 Earth Day Activities at PPCS – East Campus

Students begin each day with the Earth Planet Pledge:  “I Pledge Allegiance to the Earth and all the life which it supports. One Planet, in our care, irreplaceable, with Sustenance and respect for all.”
 

Grocery Bags: Students will decorate paper grocery bags with Earth Day slogans, quotes and drawings, which will be given to customers shopping at the Publix near the school (Miramar Commons).  This is the third year students have participated in the earth day bag events. http://www.earthdaybags.org/faqs.htm

Earth Day Gardening: Spring is a great time to reenergize the earth. Students will help protect and restore the planet by planting native flowers, fruits and vegetables in the schools’ Art in Bloom Garden. Students will use organic fertilizer to help nourish the earth and the plants selected will serve as a food source, for birds, butterflies and bees.
 
Campus Clean-Up:  Every day before the conclusion of each Science class, students will pick up trash on the school grounds, parking areas and portions of Hiatus Road.  Students will hold signs stating “Save the Planet! Protect the Earth!” and students will recite, “Clean Up, Pick Up, It’s all UP to YOU!” as they pick up the trash.
 
Outdoor Classroom “Film” raiser:  The school is participating in a
DisneyNature “Film” Raiser for Born in China on April 21^st, 22^nd and 23^rd http://nature.disney.com/born-in-china.  Ten percent of pre-sale tickets will be donated toward the construction of an outdoor classroom. When purchasing tickets at www.FILMRAISER.com, please select Pembroke Pines Charter East Campus Outdoor Classroom. Disney will also contribute twenty cents per ticket sold from April 21^st through April 27^th to the World Wildlife Foundation.  

 
“We hope our students’ enthusiasm and concern for our planet, results in their becoming lifetime stewards of our environment,” concluded Dizengoff.   

Media Only:
Valerie L. Moran, Publicist Pembroke Pines Media
C: 954.392.9494 / E: VLMoran@ppines.com