I was awarded a grant from the city of San Antonio called Eco Scholars last year. I was awarded the grant to do a few things, one was to purchase some eco-friendly recycling bins, which I did last year and they came in over the Summer.
The second part was to start a club that uses trash to make art. We call it "Trash Art Club". It is made up of almost 30 students, mostly from 2nd and 3rd grade. We do have three 4th and 5th graders that help mentor our young artists. We are focusing our projects on plastics, since they are so terrible for the earth. We meet on Wednesdays from 3pm - 4pm.
Our goals are to make beautiful art out of cleaned trash and give it away in exchange for donations towards keeping the club going. We accept materials from anyone to make the art. Mrs. Kuhlmann and Ms. Guevara help me run the club.
Our last meeting is on Wednesday December 13th, but we will have a Spring addition with dates TBA.
