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Child & Family Development Center
Child and Family Development Center combined their cleanup with Read Across America.  They had 100% school participation along with parents.  They planted flowers, raked, weeded around the school grounds, and added a fence to their garden.  To keep their project going and looking beautiful, the students from their CD3 and CD4 classes will water their flowers each week and daily.  The parents pledged to maintain the weeding around the school grounds.

Daniel Jenkins Creative Learning Center
Over half of the 115 students at Daniel Jenkins Creative Learning Center participated in the beautification portion of this year’s Clean Cities Sweep.  The students and community volunteers planted four new flowerbeds and added to two present standing beds with a total of 223 shrubs and perennials and 8 flats of annuals.  They were able to secure over $1,000 in plants, materials, and pinestraw.  In addition, a local business donated burgers, hotdogs, and more in order to provide lunch to everyone after the event.

Dunston Primary School
Dunston Primary’s CD classes planted four flower and edible gardens.  There are various types of flowers and vegetables in each of the gardens.  During the remainder of the school year, the CD classes will water and weed each garden a few times a week.  During the summer months, office staff will care for the gardens a few times a week.

Eagle Nest Elementary
Eagle Nest Elementary student council participated in the 2011 Clean Cities Sweep event.  At the first event, March 11, 2011; the students picked up trash, weeded gardens, and collected debris from the school grounds.  With the $100.00 Lowes gift card, thirteen bales of pinestraw and thirteen Lantana were purchased and used to beautify the front of the school.  The students’ enthusiasm and dedication to this project resulted in a positive visual improvement to the school.

Fort Dorchester Elementary
Fort Dorchester Elementary used Clean Cities Sweep to reenergize their students, parents, faculty, and community to “Think Green!”  The month of March was filled with cleaning up, beautifying, and educating.  They held a trash sweep week; a beautification day with staff, students, and parents; adopted flower pots out to each classroom; designed and rebuilt their pond; provided useful recycling tips on the school’s morning show throughout the month of March; and began a compost bin to reuse resources discarded from the cafeteria.  They also held a Family Math & Science Night where presenters from around the community educated attendees on the importance of conservation and maintaining a healthy environment.

Fort Dorchester High School
All 2,400 students at Fort Dorchester High School participated in this year’s Clean Cities Sweep events.  108 student volunteers from five separate student groups came together to pick up litter in the community, install a flower bed, save plants that were scheduled for demolition, beautify their outdoor classroom, and landscape an empty courtyard.  Stacks Nursery donated materials and they used remaining grant money to assist with the landscaping costs.  FDHS held a school-wide education program.

Garrett Academy of Technology
Students, teachers, and parents at Garrett Academy of Technology worked on Saturday, April 9, 2011.  Debris and trash were cleared away and old gardens were cleaned to make room for new plants.  At this year’s event, twelve bushes were planted along with several bulbs in an attempt to grow items that will remain throughout the year.  Student volunteers were assigned to maintain the plants throughout the remainder of the school year and the summer.

Hunley Park Elementary School
Hunley Park Elementary celebrated Earth Day on March 18, 2011 which included picking up litter, planting flowers, and spreading pine straw.  Parents were invited to join in these activities and to enjoy a picnic lunch with their children.  Students will be responsible for weeding and watering flowerbeds as well as picking up trash.  This summer the day porter will water flowerbeds as needed.

Jerry Zucker Middle School of Science
Jerry Zucker Middle School of Science conducted a cleanup with approximately 230 student volunteers.  They planted six pecan trees, harvested their vegetable garden, repaired a greenhouse, planted a butterfly garden, cleaned up the frontage area, and weeded the area behind the school.  Students will weed and water gardens each week; the Earth Force club will continue to clean the frontage and wooded area once a month; and the Girl Scout club will maintain the greenhouse.

Montessori Day School
The Odyssey Class at Montessori Day School cleaned up all of the trash in the ditch and at the bus stop (#11 bus stop at Dorchester Road and Leeds Avenue).  The students use this bus stop on a weekly basis when going on field trips.  They installed some plants and put up trash cans and recycling bins.  They are going to continue to install plants in the area and put out trash and recycling bins.

ARMS Academy at Morningside Middle School
All grade levels at ARMS at Morningside Middle School participated in making the school beautiful.  6th grade cleaned, weeded, and planted twelve perennials and over sixty annuals.  These were added to the plants done last year.  7th and 8th grades picked up trash around the school.  New pinestraw was added by Charleston County maintenance and new recycling bins were added to all rooms.

EXCEL Academy at Morningside Middle School
All 60 students of EXCEL Academy’s 6th grade participated in this year’s Clean Cities Sweep event.  On March 25, 2011, as part of their plant unit in science; they cleaned up trash around the school, planted flowers, and overall made EXCEL a more beautiful place.  It took lots of teamwork and time, but they had a blast!  The students and teachers at EXCEL love their school and are so excited that they made it more beautiful.

North Charleston Elementary School
All students at NCES participated in this year’s Clean Cities Sweep during the week of March 7-11.  The students, teachers, and other volunteers trimmed bushes and planted native SC plants in front of the building and created butterfly gardens under the windows.  Students also cleaned up the school grounds and surrounding roads to clear out litter.  The school hosted Clean City Clara and created pollution awareness posters to educate students about caring for the community.  The school also hosted a cell phone recycling drive.

North Charleston Montessori Children’s House at Hursey Elementary
The school planted a small flower garden and a larger garden with a bird bath in a calming area for student use.  They picked up trash with their classes weekly during their fresh air break.  They started a can and bottle recycling program to go along with their existing paper recycling program.  The school day porter will help in watering with the sprinkler along with students.  They will weed their plants and check the water in the bird bath weekly.

North Charleston United Methodist Kindergarten
All students did a concentrated cleanup of the school yard, the church yard, three playgrounds, and both sides of frontage road along Spruill Avenue.  They will periodically do a follow up.  They conducted a beautification project by planting bushes and flowers.  The students, community, and the environment will all be impacted by their efforts.

Northwoods Middle School
The Beta Club and the Communities in Schools Wise Guys group worked with the principal to develop a landscaping plan for a dilapidated section right in front of the school.  Mrs. Bartlette, the principal, worked directly with members of the Beta Club to educate them on the best and most resilient plants to use.  With the help of the Northwood Lowe’s Home Improvement Store, this project was possible due to their donation exceeding $200.00.

Owens Christian Academy
Owens Christian Academy created a community garden.  North Charleston High School culinary class, West Ashley High School, and the Consumer Science Classes assisted the students at Owens Christian Academy along with parent volunteers who will maintain the garden throughout the school year.  Seasonal vegetables will be planted during the appropriate seasons.  Each class will be responsible along with teachers and parent volunteers for maintaining the garden throughout the school year.  OCA family and friends painted the interior of the school, teachers completed spring cleaning, and each class planted a flower garden near the entrance of their classroom.

Pepperhill Elementary
Nearly 300 Pepperhill Elementary School students donned their gloves and tools to transform an eye sore into a lovely flower garden of sustainable plants in the front of their school sign.  They planted two Rose of Sharon tress donated by a local business.  The children worked hard and showed the “Panther Pride” every step of the way.  They showed their “Clean and Green” High 5’s all through the week, cleaning up litter from more than three acres of playground and school property.  Their Civic Club beautification committee chairman helped till the vegetable garden so that they could weed, seed, and plant vegetables.  They even got to sample some carrots!

R.B. Stall High School
R.B. Stall High School hosted a cleanup involving approximately ten different student groups.  They also did two different beautification projects on their campus.  A watering and care plan was developed by the Jefferson Leadership students.  This plan will be conducted on a weekly basis.