June 16th, 2015

For the third consecutive year Bluevale has achieved the Gold Ontario EcoSchool Award.  In citing the award the committee said, “Visiting your school was a pleasure Bluevale C.I.  You continue to engage and promote environmental awareness through your many projects and initiatives.”  Specific details were mentioned about the Energy Conservation Walkabout; the Terra Cycle campaigns; electronics, battery, and light bulb collection; School Ground Greening; Securing Speak-Up Grants; curricular ties to environmental learning; the integration of various EcoSchools program requirements into the Life Skills classes and Environmental Science; waste minimization practices put forth by the EDGE club: and the many activities and no shortage of events for students to get involved with and to learn about applying everyday environmental actions.  “Bluevale has completed another stellar year of increasing ecoliteracy through your school and greater community.  Congratulations Bluevale C.I. on your terrific year filled with many accomplishments”  Further congratulations to Mrs Miller and Mrs. Mlynski for their relentless ongoing leadership in all of the BCI greening initiatives, to the Life Skills Classes and EDGE club for leading the practical operations by example, and to the staff and students of Bluevale for making conscious decisions about their environmental footprint.