FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA ADVISORY, Feb. 26, 2007
Waste Management Recognizes Winning Teacher at Del Rio Elementary in Oceanside for Participation in Newspaper in Education Program
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Representatives from Waste Management of North County/Coast Waste Management will present a $250 check to Del Rio Elementary School teacher Bill Joolingen and his 4th grade class for use in the purchase of classroom supplies as recognition for their participation in the Waste Management of North County and Coast Waste Management Newspaper in Education Program.
The company, which provides waste and recycling collection services throughout North County, sponsored an environmental education-themed program in partnership with the North County Times. Between Oct. 15 and Nov. 15, 26 teachers in Oceanside and Carlsbad received free weekly deliveries of the North County Times as well as the "Earth Savers" environmental education curriculum developed by Waste Management, and provided classroom and home-based activities to their students to teach them about recycling, conservation and other environmental themes.
Mr. Joolingen’s class was selected in a random drawing from surveys provided by those classes participating in the program. Waste Management also recognized Calavera Hills Middle School teacher Bob Peterson and his sixth grade science classes in Carlsbad for their participation in the program in that city.
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Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007
8:15 a.m. |
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Del Rio Elementary School
5207 E. Parker St., Oceanside
Assembly will be held outside at 8:15 - visitors need to check in at the office before going to the assembly.
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Representatives from Waste Management of North County/Coast Waste Management, North County Times and students and teachers from Del Rio Elementary School |
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“We congratulate Mr. Joolingen and Del Rio Elementary on their active participation in the Earth Savers Newspaper in Education program,” said Lori Somers, Municipal and Community Relations Representative for Waste Management of North County/Coast Waste Management. “We are proud to be involved with this program in North County and are excited by the positive feedback we received from the teachers and students who completed the Earth Savers activities, which helped them to learn more about the environment while completing a curriculum written to state standards.”
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Please contact Public Relations Manager Sarah Huoh at (714) 685-6487 or (949) 283-8486 if you would like to report on this event. |
Waste Management is the leading provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services in North America. For more information about how we think green, log onto http://northcounty.wm.com.
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