Mason-Rice Green Team Kids!

On June 7, we Green Team coordinators were happily surprised and showered with beautiful flowers, cards and gifts from our Green Team Kids and their parents.  Were were thrilled to hear how much the students enjoyed the programming over the year, and we thank the parents for their ongoing support and generosity! To cap off a great year and to enjoy the beautiful summer afternoon, we enjoyed a scavenger hunt outdoors that covered numerous topics we've discussed over the course of the year followed by frozen treats, a short presentation by Kate and Audrey about eating vegan (this was a topic we were going to cover in an earlier session, when we went to visit the Mayor instead!), and then a photo slideshow of the year. Thanks everyone for an amazing year, and have a great summer!

The Mason-Rice Green Team Kids were invited to Newton City Hall on May 31 for a special visit with Mayor Ruthanne Fuller, along with the two other Newton-based recipients of the MA Secretary's Award for Excellence in Energy and Environmental Education.  To start off the afternoon, we went to Principal Bultema's office, since he would be joining us for the visit.  The students also got to present to Principal Bultema the MA Secretary's Award (framed with signatures of Green Team Kids members), which we hope will be displayed somewhere in the school... The students were thrilled to visit the Mayor's office, and to have an opportunity to present the team's work to her.  Thank you to the Mayor's office for having us!