The Newman Treehuggers
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The following are taken from the school yearbook.
The Treehuggers 2011-2012
The Treehuggers 2010-2011
The Treehuggers 2009-2010
After achieving the silver
status for being an eco-friendly school last year the Newman Treehuggers
have been hard at work. The Treehuggers started the year planting a
Butterfly Garden in front of the school and watering and fertilizing
plants on the Newman campus. We've also gotten a petiton signed and mailed
to the prime minister to encourage action at the UN Climate Change
Conference. Reusable paper boxes are being prepared for classrooms
courtesy of the art classes, and a new bike rack has been installed
outside of student services. The Treehuggers would especially like to
thank Ms. DiCroce and Mr. Raposo for their hard work, dedication and
many hours of time spent on running the Treehuggers and giving the
students a pleasant and organized atmosphere to in which to work.
Members: Carlo Ando, Chantal Brasil,
Gregory Benoit, Nicolas Borja, Chantal Brasil, Mariah Campbell,
Gabrielle Cha-Blake, Amanda DaSilva, Hudson Dickie, Carmen Flores,
Carmaleta Gonsalves, Venessa Harris, Matt Jokhu, Eva Klimova, Sarina
Laciste, Bethina Loiseau, Christina Lynch, Olivia McCormick, Ashley
Okoro, Kaila Stephens, Julia White, Tosha Whiting
Staff Moderators: Ms. DiCroce and Mr. Raposo
Newman is an Ontario Certified ECOschool.
This year, the Newman
Treehuggers have been hard at work and have made significant gains in
environmental stewardship throughout the school community. With much
support from administration, staff and students, we have been able to
obtain silver EcoSchool status. Some of our many initiatives this year
that have allowed us to achieve our goal include: the planting of 35
trees on school grounds, battery and cell phone collections, a Metropass
raffle and the purchase of a new bike rack to encourage active
transportation (to be placed at the west entrance). We also had many
different Earth Week activities including the Clean Air Achievers, movie
nights, our prayer tree and eco terrorism (keeping the garbage in the
caf from one day to the next without cleaning it). A special thanks to
Ms. Root and Mr. Labriola for their support during Earth Week and the
rest of the year. The Treehuggers would especially like to thank Ms.
DiCroce, Ms. Ferrer and Mr. Raposo for their hard work, dedication and
many hours of time spent on running the Treehuggers and giving the
students a pleasant and organized atmosphere to work in. A special thank
you goes to our principal, Mr. Coleman, for his genuine interest &
generous support of our ideas.
Members: Carlo Ando, Liana Bass,
Lequanne Collins-Bacchus, Stephen Cooke, Anaika Dias, John Engelhardt,
Eva Klimova, Jitka Klimova, Amanda Lemos, Christina Lynch, Olivis
McCormick, Patrick McDonnell, Esther Nu Ree Lee, Tara Meszaros, Leslie
Oquendo, Alex Perez, Maria Tassone and Tosha Whiting
Staff Moderators: Ms. DiCroce, Ms. Ferrer and Mr. Raposo