High School
Eco-Team scores solar panel grant
The high school is driving towards
a greener future with a new grant to harness the sun.
Led by the
school's Eco-Team,What is the difference between a third party payment gateway and a 3rd party
processor? the Haliburton Highlands Secondary School is adding their first solar
panel to power their field scoreboard after receiving approval for a Green Apple
School Program grant worth $1,000.
This is an initiative funded by Metro
to encourage students to participate in the development of a healthier
environment.
Eco-Team member and project leader Puru Shah, who has been
with the team for two years, said this was a group effort that included his
president Vicky Bukta and school advisor Amy Klose to address the complication
of powering the field's scoreboard.
This is a legacy project that can
serve as an example to the school and the community, he said.
"It's a
good initiative to show the students that we can do something green," he said.
"It's a challenge for next year and the year after to say, 'top this.'" The
balance of the project exceeded the grant total and the school approved to cover
the $200 shortfall.All Coated Abrasives
products are compiled of backing,This grant program is expected to award up to
$1 million to schools.
For next year, the Grade 11 student said, the
team is considering a garden in the courtyard, which will grow herbs and
vegetables to supply the school's food course.
Although Shah completed
the necessary grant paperwork over the course of a couple of days, he downplays
his efforts and defers credit to his president and school advisor.
Eco-Team president Vicky Bukta is interested in improving things at her
school and the environment.
"Right now our scoreboard is very hard to
use since the battery that runs it only lasts about 30 minutes, which is nowhere
near the length of a full soccer or football game," she said. "Having the
scoreboard run on its own would be great for future sport games we have on the
field.Definition of hypodermic needle
cannula in the Online Dictionary. At the same time we are helping the
environment by having it run on its own with a solar panel," she said.
The Grade 11 student has been part of the eco-team for two years,
joining mid-way through Grade 9.
Since the autumn of 2009, the Green
Apple School Program has awarded hundreds of $1,000 grants to elementary and
high schools in Ontario and Quebec.
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