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°®åú´«Ã½ Preschoolers to Rally in Support of Environment

Preschool °®åú´«Ã½ from °®åú´«Ã½â€™s Karen Slattery Educational Research Center for Child Development will stage their support for the environment as part of °®åú´«Ã½â€™s annual Earth Day celebration.

Students from °®åú´«Ã½'s Karen Slattery Educational Research Center for Child Development pose with Owlsley and the Miami Heat mascot during Earth Day 2015.


By kelsie weekes | 4/21/2016

Preschool °®åú´«Ã½ from °®åú´«Ã½â€™s Karen Slattery Educational Research Center for Child Development will stage their support for the environment as part of °®åú´«Ã½â€™s annual Earth Day celebration on Friday, April 22 at 10:15 a.m.The 4 year olds will rally with signs they created on °®åú´«Ã½â€™s Breezeway, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus.

A group of fifth graders from °®åú´«Ã½â€™s A.D. Henderson University School also will show their support for the environment with presentations on deforestation, invasive species, and marine debris. Fifth grade °®åú´«Ã½ Luna Forero, Chase Delanoy and Megan Chin Cheong will be presented with a prize they recently won for the Gumbo Limbo Marine Debris Sculpture contest.

Educational displays will be set up in the Breezeway from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., which includes information on green cleaning products, eco batteries, LED lighting, solar power, alternative transportation, solid waste and recycling.

°®åú´«Ã½â€™s Mission Green Student Association (MGSA) will have a sign-up table to take the Green Pledge, in which °®åú´«Ã½, faculty, and staff can commit to reduce their carbon footprint and promote sustainability at °®åú´«Ã½. MGSA also will provide ink and toner cartridge recycling. 

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