[CharterSchools] Audubon Charter School receives grant from Keep Louisiana Beautiful for recycling efforts

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AUDUBON CHARTER SCHOOL RECEIVES GRANT FROM KEEP LOUISIANABEAUTIFUL FOR RECYCLING EFFORTS
 


 
           Audubon Charter School announced today that the school has been selected as arecipient of a Healthy Communities Grant by Keep Louisiana Beautiful, theState’s premier anti-litter and community improvement organization.
 
The grant, in the amount of $2005,will support Audubon’s recycling and waste reduction efforts— including thepurchase and installation of recycling bins, recycling instructional signage,compost bins, and portable water coolers. Students, staff and faculty will be educated about the benefits ofrecycling and how to recycle, and students will be encouraged to bringenvironmentally friendly, reusable water bottles that can be refilled ratherthan plastic water bottles.

“The Healthy Communities Grant will enable Audubon’s staff, faculty andstudents to
significantly reduce the amount of waste produced at the schooland teach them to recycle and reduce waste at home,” says Janice Dupuy,Audubon’s Principal and CEO.  “Weare very grateful for the support of KLB.”
 
Keep Louisiana Beautiful (KLB) is a volunteer-basedservice organization dedicated to a litter free Louisiana. Each year,KLB awards competitive Healthy Communities Grants to organizations across theState as part of its efforts to "promote personal, corporate, andcommunity responsibility for a clean and beautiful Louisiana."  Last yearover 23,000 people volunteered more than 107,000 hours with KLB’saffiliates.  These volunteers picked up 670,000 lbs. of roadway andwaterway litter in an effort to keep our state beautiful.
 
Audubon Charter School is a topperforming New Orleans public school that serves students in Pre-Kindergartenthrough 8th grade. Audubon’s mission is to fostera culturally rich and academically rigorous program using the French andMontessori curriculum and a comprehensive arts curriculum.  Students in Audubon’s Montessoriprogram are instructed by specially trained teachers who direct self-motivatedlearning and exploration based on each child’s individual development. TheFrench program is accredited by the French Ministry of Education, and classes,including math, science and social studies, are taught in French by nativeFrench-speaking teachers.
 
             Formore information, call Sophia Griffies, Development Specialist for AudubonCharter School, at (504) 324-7100.
 
 

 

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