Help Us Keep NC Green!!

You can send the following items to be recycled from home:
Please deposit thes items in the school recycling area:

• Elmer's glue sticks and bottles (see separate post)
• Chip Bags (all sizes)--please wipe out crumbs
• Cookie Bags (all sizes)--please wipe out crumbs
• Plastic twist-on bottle caps

Please take these items to the office to be recycled:

• Tape dispensers and cores (new item!)
• Pop tabs
• Eco-Phone Items: Toner Cartridges, Ink Jet Cartridges, Laptop Computers, Cell Phones, iPods, Digital Cameras, Digital Camcorders

Please put Aluminum Cans in the large dumpster outside the gate. (The small container in the recycling area is just for the school.)

Please DO NOT send water bottles or juice pouches from home. If you use juice pouches at home, please visit the recycling/fundraising page on our school website (neusecharterschool.weebly.com) or click on the Terracycle link on the left of this page to learn how to sign up to send them in directly.

The recycling area is still by the 4th grade area. Remember when you are at the school:

Please Feed the Robots!!

Elmers Glue Crew

Did you know that if you add all the glue sticks and bottles from the supply lists for this year, it would add up to be 1376 glue sticks and 80 glue bottles (based on last year's enrollment)?!!!

Collect empty glue sticks and bottles (they do not have to be Elmer's brand) from now until the end of the school year. The school will receive 2 cents from Terracycle for each item collected. Last year we collected 520 glue sticks and no bottles. Good work, but I know we can beat that this year!

If you use these items at home, please clean the empty bottles and send them to your child's classroom. The class that collects the most from each of the following groups will get an ice cream party!

• K, 1st, and 2nd
• 3rd, 4th, and 5th
• 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th
  

The contest ends on Earth Day, but we will collect them through the end of the year.

NCS Essay Contest

"I Can Make A Difference"

Theme for K-5

Grades K-2: At least one paragraph, illustrations optional

Grades 3-5: At least one page, illustrations optional

"I Can Make A Difference Globally"

Theme for The Middle School

Middle School: At least one page, illustrations optional

NCS Earth Day Poster Contest

"I Can Make A Difference"

Theme for K-5

"I Can Make a Difference Globally"

Theme for The Middle School

1st , 2nd & 3rd place awarded

All entries due by Friday April 16th

Good Luck to all participants!!!

Earth Day Fair Thursday, April 22nd

Neuse Charter will have it's 2nd annual Earth Day Fair for the students on Thursday April 22nd. Our presenters this year will be:

• Susan Woodard-Division of Soil and Water Conservation
• Millie Haymen -Division of Air Quality
• Bridgett Monger -Division of Water Quality, Janalyn Vo-Division of land quality, and Holly Denham-Division of Water Resources

This year we will have presentations on air quality, recycling with a relay race, "The Incredible Journey" and a corn seed planting. Thank you so much to all the government departments and individuals that make our Earth Day Fair possible!

I would like to thank all the companies that made donations for our fair this year: Hudson Hardware donated the corn seeds, Martha's Farm and Garden donated a 50 lb bag of dirt and Coors Farm and Garden also donated a 50 lb bag of dirt. Thank you for your support!

More Items Accepted With Eco-Phones

Eco-phones has expanded it's acceptable items. They now take GPS Devices, radar detectors, electronic book readers, as well as gold, silver and platinum jewelry. Of course, they still accept cell phones, laptop computers, digital cameras, video cameras, mp3 players and ink jet cartridges. Please send those in, the school receives cash and those items stay out of the landfill!

Elmer's Glue Crew update

As you know, we are doing the Elmer's Glue Crew Contest again this year. This year, we will get 2 cents for each glue bottle or glue stick thru Terra Cycle! So, remember to send in those items. Also, the winning class will receive an ice cream party! Good Luck!