School Outreach Committee

The School Outreach Committee works to share project and campaign ideas about energy, conservation and environmental concern with each school community in the City. Our goal is to enlist at least one liaison at each school by early fall 2008. The School Outreach Committee works with private and parochial schools as well as the Newton Public Schools.

Liaisons help the School Outreach Committee promote activities in their schools such as:

• Student Energy Conservation Essay & Art Contest
• Compact fluorescent light bulb sales/fundraisers
• Recycling projects
• Energy audits
• Low Carbon Diet program

Liaisons are not responsible for implementing such projects—unless they want to. The role of the liaison is to spread the word and connect with others who would like to develop these types of projects in their schools.

The Schools Outreach Committee also works in cooperation with the Newton Schools Department, the Newton PTO Council, the Newton Schools Foundation, and the City of Newton Building Department.

Liaisons are established at several elementary and middle schools, including:

Liaisons are still needed at: Bowen Elementary Franklin Elementary Horace Mann Elementary Memorial-Spaulding Elementary Peirce Elementary Underwood Elementary Ward Elementary Williams Elementary Oak Hill Middle School.

For more information, contact us at schooloutreach@greendecade.org.

Volunteer opportunities with the School Outreach Committee.