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Elementary Schools – Grades 3 – 6
Ellerslie Campus |
The grade 1 students at Ellerslie Campus in Edmonton have put their learning into action. As part of the grade 1 Social Studies curriculum, they learned about becoming responsible citizens by taking care of the environment. Their studies included learning about the Alberta Grizzly Bear and how its habitat has become threatened. As a result of their studies, the students decided to write a class letter addressing their concerns to their local MLA. Click here to see part of the letter (Acrobat [PDF] file, ~140K). They also created some Grizzly Bear sheets and made a class book in which the children wrote two facts about bears. Click here to see a bear fact sheet (Acrobat [PDF] file, ~85K). Great work Ellerslie students! Thank you for sharing your action with us. |
Brentwood Elementary |
The students at Brentwood are really getting informed and helping the environment. The four grade four classes researched endangered animals on the Internet and made a list of things they could do to help. This master list became a poster that they hung in the classrooms. The students are also researching the burrowing owl for language arts and are going to sponsor two burrowing owls at the Calgary Zoo. Way to go Brentwood! |
Spitzee School |
Mrs. Schafer’s class at Spitzee School is also doing their part to learn more about endangered species. The students completed some terrific science reports on endangered species. We think it’s great to find out more and teach others about what is happening on our earth. Great work you guys! 
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Abbeydale Elementary School |
Abbeydale grade 3/4 students are finding out how big their feet are. They are learning about ecological footprinting and calculating their impact on the earth. They have also decided to teach others by creating footprinting messages (on recycled paper) around the school to encourage students to take action to help the environment. Now that’s a step in the right direction! 
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St. Alphonsus School |
Grade 3 and 4 students at St. Alphonsus really care about nature and are showing us through their artwork. The students chose to do a poster campaign in the school showcasing endangered species around the world. See some of their wonderful creations below. Awesome job! 
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Calgary Christian School |
Calgary Christian students have taken some awesome action! Mrs. VandenBorn’s grade 4 class has written letters to the Mayor asking him to green up our city. They asked for more buses and trains and for better recycling services. The grade 4 classes also look after the paper recycling for the school, compost, care for a school garden, recycle juice boxes that help support 2 World Vision children, and made recycled projects from garbage. Click here to read some of the letters (Acrobat [PDF] file, ~45K) the students sent to Mayor Bronconnier. Mrs. Olson’s grade 4s completed a letter writing assignment, writing a letter to some national parks offices, thanking the wardens for the excellent job they are doing. They also watched the Eastern Slopes Grizzly Project video and had a discussion on some of the occupations that are necessary in protecting wildlife. Here is an example of what they wrote:
Grade 3B has also shown that they “Care for Creation.” They made the following list to show the actions they are taking to care for nature:
Thanks for caring! |
Ecole Joe Clark |
Mrs. Hunter’s class has written stories about endangered species in French that they will combine into a book for the library. Also, SHREC (Students Help Rescue the Earth Club) made S.O.S. (Saving our Species) posters and collected $107 to donate to CPAWS. We love the idea of a book that future generations will be able to read and learn from! Terrific idea, Grade 2/3s! 
The students in Mrs. Kosowan’s class are also doing some awesome action to clean up the earth. They have been working on reducing the amount of garbage they pack in their lunches. They are also working towards having a completely garbage-free lunch day. We hope that their idea inspires others to reduce what they put in the trash! Finally, another class published a newsletter to educate and inform about CPAWS and endangered species. Click here to read the newsletter (Acrobat [PDF] file, ~295K). Then, two classes worked together to answer questions related to the stories. We thought this was a great was way to learn, teach, and inspire others about environmental issues. One of Mrs. Hunter's students was so inspired by CPAWS that she made a donation to CPAWS as her end of the year gift in her teacher's name. Thanks so much Ecole Joe Clark! |
Valleyview Elementary School |
The grade 3/4s at Valleyview School are really getting into learning about endangered species. We want to congratulate the students there for making a movie on endangered species to teach others. They also created a Web site all about species at risk so that visitors to their school Web page can also learn about the importance of conserving endangered species. We think those actions are fantastic! Stay tuned … we hope to link to their Web sites and movies soon! |
Ecole Percy Pegler |
The grade 3/4 students at Percy Pegler School in Okotoks had some awesome ideas for taking action. They created a list of things they could do to help the earth. We hope that you were able to complete the list. Take a look at the list and see if there is anything you can do! 
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Turner Valley School |
The grade 5s at Turner Valley school are taking some awesome action as a result of their CPAWS visit. The students are making posters to encourage parents not to idle their cars outside the school and want to begin a Waste Free Wednesday campaign for the school. The air will be cleaner and the earth greener out by Turner Valley thanks to these dedicated students! |
Chief Justice Milvain Elementary School |
The grade 6 students at Chief Justice Milvain school took action by writing to the government about grizzly bears. They not only learned about how the democratic process works, but got involved! Thank you guys! |
Marion Carson Elementary School |
We want to congratulate the students at Marion Carson for helping to green up their school and protect burrowing owls. The students had a bake sale and donated the proceeds to a school yard naturalization project. They also sold used toys and books and donated the money to support the conservation of burrowing owls. Great ideas! |
Ralph McCall School |
The students at Ralph McCall School are promising to help Alberta's environment and endangered species. Mrs. Enderton's class created an Alberta pledge map where each student made a promise to help mother earth. We think this was a great idea and hope that the students are following through with their pledges! 
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Rosemont Elementary School |
The students at Rosemont really care for endangered species and were inspired by their CPAWS Saving our Species program. Ms. McFadyen's and Ms. Batallas's classes created some beautiful paintings of some of the endangered species of Alberta and decorated their classrooms. They were also planning for a celebration of learning based on their endangered species research. They produced cards and magnets from their art to sell and donate their proceeds. Way to go Rosemont! 
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Dr. Morris Gibson |
A big congratulations goes out to Mrs. Grant’s grade 5 class at Dr. Morris Gibson School in Okotoks Alberta. For one of their environmental action projects, they decided to make things out of garbage. The students came up with some amazing ideas including a wedding dress made out of an old Halloween costume and plastic bags, a wonderbread foil vest, a tin can man, a doll named “Trasha”, an olive oil can guitar, a tin can mobile, a Kleenex box car, a recycled water bottle fishing game, a tin can mobile, and many more fun and creative projects. What a great way to re-think our trash! 
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Banded Peak School |
Mr. Friesen’s and Mrs. Minty’s students created a lunch box museum. For two days, they categorized their garbage at lunch and found out just how much waste they actually threw away. What a great way to raise awareness for the students and to promote garbage free lunches. Thumbs up for a lunch box museum! Mr. Friesen's class is also participating in the FINS program in the spring. |
Colonel Sanders Elementary |
A big hurray for the Grade 5 students at Colonel Sanders! They wrote reports on endangered species and presented them to the class and also made save our earth posters to display in the school. 
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Brentwood Elementary |
Kudos to the students at Brentwood for their environmental action. Mrs. Bishop’s class drew some wonderful posters about endangered species! 
Mrs. Kettle’s class also did some waste in our world posters and are researching Web sites to come up with a list of ways to help endangered species.The class is then going to use these lists to choose an action project. We look forward that action update.  |
Varsity Acres Elementary |
A huge MERCI to Ms. Radsma’s class at Varsity Acres. They spent a great deal of time researching and learning about grizzly bears. Subsequent to their CPAWS presentation, her class created a little play for the school and for parents entitled, “Liberons Les Ours/Free the Bears”. Awesome work! |
Marion Carson Elementary |
Ms. Hugh's class broadened their knowledge on environmental issues by each doing a report. Students studied various topics from global warming to endangered species. We hope they learned a lot and teach others about environmental concerns. |
Saint John Fine Arts School |
St. John students focused on environmental issues all year! They received a $2500.00 grant from Enmax to put into place an “Environmental Stewards” project. The project was designed to raise students’ awareness of environmental issues and included some of the following speakers and activities:
For their action projects, students have raised money for the Spirit Bear Youth Coalition and written letters to the provincial government regarding the now suspended grizzly bear hunt. Way to go St. John! |
Turner Valley School |
The students in Ms. Couillard's class have been doing their part to help the environment. They communicate local issues to the eco-pals and have implemented waste free Wednesdays at the school. |
Sundance Elementary |
Sundance students have helped the environment and endangered species through education. They created endangered species brochures which they took home to educate their families. Nice work Sundance! |
Langevin Science School |
The grade 3/4 Science classes learned first hand this spring what it took to run a small business. These four classes joined a Canada-wide Entrepreneurial Adventure Program to learn how to turn brilliant business ideas into a reality. Each class was partnered with a volunteer from the Bank of Montreal to formulate an achievable business plan. The resulting project was an exciting experience from seed to sale of marigolds for Mother’s Day. Students put great effort into designing a good product, exploring who our best markets were, creating eye-catching advertising and analyzing the financial costs of our endeavor. In total, the students' hard work raised about $1500.00! Each class chose who they wanted to donate their profits to and the following charities will be benefiting from their generosity; Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation and Cochrane Wildlife Reserve Society. As a result of their efforts, Ms. Chernoff's and Ms. Myer's classes were awarded the CPAWS Action Challenge Award for the 2005-2006 school year. Thanks Langevin! 
 Another very inspiring story comes from Langevin Science School. In the spring of 2006, the education staff at CPAWS received a letter from the mother of a student at the science school. The little boy, Bowen, was so concerned about grizzly bears and their habitat that he wanted to help. For his 7th birthday, he asked his family and friends to donate the money they would have spent on birthday presents to CPAWS for the conservation and education of grizzly bears. The staff at CPAWS were so touched by Bowen’s action that we gave a grizzly bear presentation to his whole class. We hope this story inspires other young people to make a difference. Thanks Bowen! |
Deer Run School |
Kudos to the grade 3/4 students in Mrs. Boychuk's and Mrs. Carlson's classes for their environmental actions. They made posters to promote positive environmental actions and for three days, students collected garbage from their snacks and made a display. They also started waste free Wednesdays and wrote letters to mother earth. Way to be green, Deer Run! 
 A special thanks to Dasca, Justin and Jessica in Mrs. Carlson's class. They went door to door raising money for CPAWS and our work with endangered species and spaces. We are so happy that you care so much about the creatures and places in the world to want to help. Thank you. |
Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha School |
The students at Blessed Kateri elementary school in Calgary decided to focus their environmental action projects in two directions: education and fundraising. Some of the grade 6 students educated the younger students in the school about CPAWS and the environment through a PowerPoint presentation and some environmental skits. Not only that, but all the students also chose to fundraise for CPAWS by having a penny race in the school. Each class was challenged to bring in pennies and after only a week, they raised over $400 which they donated to CPAWS. Way to go BKT! |
Evergreen Elementary School |
The elementary students at Evergreen have been very busy with their action projects. The Grade 5s are all involved in the school recycling program in which the students have to sort, deliver, schedule pickups, and take items to the recycling depot. The money is going towards paying for their spring camp experience. What a great reward and great way to help the environment! In class 5A, one student is designing Endangered Species information posters to go around school to raise awareness. In class 5B, one student has raised $200 this year and gave it to the Humane Society. 
Other projects from the Grade 3s include putting up bird feeders, planting trees, and one student helped her grandfather put up approximately 120 “NO HUNTING” posters around his property! Another Grade 3 class is raising frogs and will release over 300 frogs back into their natural habitat. One student took action by talking to family about their choice of putting out poison to get rid of coyotes in the area. As an alternative, she helped them build a fence to keep the coyotes out. Another student talked to her grandfather about the use of pesticides on his crops. A special congratulations to all of these students! |
Livingstone School |
Mr. Johnson’s Grade 3 class has been very active in exploring endangered species and wildlife in their area. In their unit Fur, Feathers, Scales & Skin, students had a research assignment and were to include biofacts (animal pelts, bones, etc.) from home and PowerPoint presentations. Mr. Duncan’s Grade 6 class are focusing on grizzly bears and are reading Tracking Triple Seven – learning about human interactions with grizzly bears. Awesome job, everyone! |
Pincher Creek, Alberta |
There are many great action projects happening at Canyon School. The Grade 3's have done research and a poster project on an Endangered Species of their choice. Some Grade 6's are learning more about bears through activities in the teacher’s guide and are learning stories with morals – balance and equality. Grade 6A is doing a Bald Eagle Research Project. The Grade 4B class has become the POWER POLICE and has initiated waste-free Wednesday, and includes environmental and resource trivia on the announcements! Way to go, Canyon School! |
University Elementary School |
 The Grade 5/6 classes at University Elementary got right into action! In Mrs. Govier’s class, one student, Emily Poole, put together a petition to stop the Grizzly Bear hunt (50-60 signed) and started the GSAD (Girls Against Animals in Danger); the program ties into Zoo School and research on Endangered Species at the zoo. The classes also did a school yard clean-up, planting and some amazing journal entries!!! |
Monterey Park Elementary School |
Thanks to Ms. Domoslai’s Grade 4 class for making some environmental awareness posters and creating awareness in their school. |
Armada Colony School |
Ms. Hanson’s students researched and wrote letters to the Minister of the Environment about several different endangered species of their choice. Way to go! |
Lomond Colony School |
Ms. Edgeland’s students learned and read a poem to the CPAWS educators about taking responsibility for the earth. They also planted new trees and flowers in the greenhouse to plant outside when ready and built new birdhouses for birds around their wetland. Great environmental actions! |
Sacred Heart School |
Mrs. Sieg’s Grade 4 class took action by doing research projects on different endangered species with their Animals of Alberta Unit. We hoped you learned a lot and can help those creatures! |
St. Sylvester |
Ms. Wong’s Grade 5 and 6 classes did a schoolyard cleanup and cleaned up a local urban forest area this Earth Day, April 22nd. Thanks for cleaning up your world! |
Cappy Smart Elementary School |
Some awesome action awareness posters were created by the grade 3 and 4 students at Cappy Smart. Check out some of their super drawings below.  
 
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Third Academy |
Thanks for taking action, Grade 3s and 4s! Students helped clean up areas around the school during physical education time and spoke about how they realized making sure people deposit garbage in the bins is important. That’s for sure! |
West Meadow School |
Congrats to the Grade 5s at West Meadow! Mrs. G’s class did not one but TWO school yard clean-ups and had one day where they did not use any electricity, and Mr. Linquist’s class also did a school yard and high-school yard clean-up. Nice work. |
St. Philip School |
Grade 3 and 4 students and music teacher Karen Schweighkhardt have collaborated with a composer in Edmonton to write a musical (with recorder accompaniment) based on the First Nations story by David Bouchard and Roy Henry, “The Elders Are Watching”. What a wonderful way for students to express their love for the environment! |
Manachaban Middle School |
Fully student inspired and designed! Madame Stirrett’s Grade 6 students arrived early one Monday morning full of enthusiasm, dedication, and some well thought out ideas of how they could help endangered species and spaces in Alberta! Madame Stirrett arrived at the school to several of her students trying to convince the principal to let them have a bake sale to raise money to sponsor an endangered species program. The end result: the students have chosen to focus on a few of Canada’s endangered species by researching and designing information posters to inform others and to raise money to give to an adopt an endangered species program (to be named later). The students decided to do “Choirs for Charity.” Each student has agreed to do extra choirs at home for about one to two dollars. We’ll keep you posted! WOW! The excitement about the project was amazing. It was so fabulous to see the proud smiles when I walked into the school. |
Glenbow School |
The Grade 4 students at Glenbow School took action by cleaning up their school. Thanks for helping to clean the environment! |
Sunalta School |
Congratulations to the Grade 6 students at Sunalta School for taking action. Mrs. Forester’s class adopted a black footed ferret and Mr. Aylesworth’s class said the students are recycling in a “big way”. The school is also involved in a school yard naturalization project. Way to go Sunalta! |
John Paul II Elementary School |
These grade 3s and 4s were excited to do something to help endangered species in Alberta. The first thing they did was to research an endangered species that they were interested in, and then create a beautiful poster to help educate others in their school. But it didn't stop there, these creative kids decided to raise money by bringing in spare change to adopt an endangered species. So far they have raised over $70 and plan on adopting not one, but TWO animals! |
Brentwood Elementary School |
One simple action was not good enough for Ms. Merry’s and Mrs. Malley’s Grade 4 classes. Once they got going there was no stopping them. In-class recycling, garbage free lunch days, crafts from recycled materials and endangered species posters are only some of the actions that make them action challenge experts! A great big pat on the back to the Mr. McAlister’s grade 4 students for leaving the lights off and using natural sunlight to see and work in their classroom. |
Erin Woods Elementary |
After a week of Zoo School at the Calgary Zoo, and a visit from CPAWS, these grade 5/6s were inspired to do something to help the Vancouver Island Marmot and other endangered species. So far they have raised money through juice box recycling to adopt a marmot, created amazing brochures and posters and are working on educating their fellow schoolmates. |
Westmount Charter School |
Education was the number one goal for these grade 5 students at Westmount Charter School. They began with great environmental themed posters hung around their school and continued with research and peer teaching! Way to go! |
Ecole Edwards Elementary School |
These energetic Ecole Edwards Grade 3s took immediate action by planning a garbage free lunch day in their school. They also have plans to raise Northern Leopard Frog tadpoles in their classroom this spring in efforts to reintroduce them to Nose Creek, once native Leopard Frog habitat! How exciting! We're looking forward to an update on this one! |
Hutterville School |
After a CPAWS educator visited their colony, these students were inspired to make some posters, take the Suzuki Nature Challenge For Kids, AND commit to a spring cleanup!! There’s nothing these kids can’t do! |
General Stewart School |
These students decided to use their arts and crafts skills to spread the word about endangered species conservation. They made awesome posters, which they hung in the hallways of their school! |
General Stewart School |
If you’re looking for a great idea, look no further. These Grade Threes worked through an enviro questionnaire to see how earth friendly their families are or could be. They had INCREDIBLE scores and are committed to improving. Way to go, Grade 3's! Click here to download their EcoQuestionnaire (Acrobat PDF file). |
Galbraith Elementary |
Galbraith’s Grade 5s are truly some students to admire. Here is a list of the awesome actions they’ve taken:
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Riverbend School |
It didn't take long for Ms. Dragatis' class to get busy with some great action for Alberta's grizzly bears. During the two weeks between CPAWS visits, this grade 5/6 had created wonderful posters, written letters and circulated petitions around their school. View some of their letters here. Way to go Riverbend School! |
Coalhurst Elementary |
Ms. Tamura’s class realized that one of the best ways to make a change is by educating others. These crafty kids made endangered species posters, which they posted in their hallway to teach their fellow students and school visitors about these critical critters. |
Dr. Gilbert Morris School |
These students prove that every action counts. To minimize their impact on endangered species and the environment, students agreed to bring litterless lunches and committed to recycling and reusing in their classroom! |
Dr. Gilbert Morris School |
These students took the bull by the horns and steered him into the Action Arena. These students crafted an awesome Action Plan, that included a video and presentations in their school. Yee Haw! |
Fish Creek Elementary |
Mrs. Davies’ grade four class made the grade! They wrote letters and created some incredible posters to help the bear they adopted, #48. The grade 4 students in Mr. Lyon's class did a poster and poem campaign to raise environmental awareness. Super! |
Fish Creek Elementary |
Mrs. Brann’s grade 4s knew that Bear #70, and all bears in Alberta, needed their help. They learned more about bears and sent some (wild)life-saving letters to politicians. |
Hill Spring School |
These kids are sure committed to conservation – they made posters and started a petition to raise awareness about local wildlife. Now that’s springing to action! |
Livingstone School |
After reading a story about a boy who lives among grizzlies, these grade sixers wanted to help Alberta bears! They designed Bear Aware brochures and posters to raise awareness about these awesome animals. |
Nicholas Sheran School |
These Fab Fives took the initiative to learn more about endangered animals. They wrote terrific research papers and craftily created wonderful works of art. 
Artwork from Nicholas Sheran Community School |
W.O. Mitchell Elementary |
Mrs. Silver and Mrs. Monaghan sure have some crafty kids in their class! These students wrote letters and made snazzy dioramas. |
Dr. Morris Gibson |
The students chose to take not one, but two great actions. Not only did they recycle their juice boxes and pop cans, but they also took their recycling money to help two animals at the Calgary Zoo. Great work! |
Hidden Valley Elementary |
About half of this class decided that taking action was worth their time. Some students did a research project on endangered species. Others learned more through Internet searches, and one talked to a professor who studies grizzlies. Now that’s taking education into your own hands! |
Briar Hill Elementary |
These fabulous fours and fives decided on their own course of action after doing an inquiry project. They chose to look at the environment of water and determine how it all affects them. They then did research on an animal in that habitat and wrote letters! |
L'Ecole du Pacifique School |
After learning that four black bears were killed in their own community last year because they were garbage bears, these students decided to launch an education campaign to teach people how to bear proof their yards. This project included a skit, pamphlet, banners and a juicebox recycling program where proceeds were used to adopt an orca. |
Catherine Nichols Gunn School |
These 3/4s took some action by organizing a “Walk to School Day”, nature walks, and a recycling program. One student also wrote a report that appeared in the school newsletter. Way to go! |
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Secondary Schools – Grades 7 – 12
Turner Valley School |
The grade 7 students at Turner Valley School have also shown that they care about the environment. They run the pop/juice box recycling program at the school and they will also be painting the town with fish, when they participate in the Trout Unlimited Yellow Fish Road program to clean up their waterways in the spring. |
Ian Bazalgette School |
Ian Bazalgette students have used their creative talents to teach about nature at their school. The students in Ms. Kuznik’s classes have created a poster campaign about different endangered species to increase the environmental awareness of fellow students. Nice work! |
Bishop Pinkham Junior High School |
The seven junior high classes at Bishop Pinkham are tackling inquiry projects about environmental issues. As part of their curriculum, they have to take on an issue that addresses how humans and other living things coexist together in the 21st century. They can choose topics from a wide list ranging from global warming to water consumption, to use of pesticides/DDT, to hunting. Working in groups of 3 or 4, students research the issue on the Internet and contact a group or organization involved. They interview an expert and analyze the data. After collecting their information, the students will present their topic to the rest of the class. A grade 7 showcase will be set up for students to display their findings for the rest of the school. Students present ways that issues could be resolved. What an excellent way to learn more about environmental issues and teach others about them! |
Calgary Academy |
The grade 7 students at Calgary Academy have successfully shown that they can raise money to help Mother Nature. To date, they have organized two events – a bottle/can recycling drive and a bake sale (emphasizing decreased packaging and homemade foods). They have raised an amazing $1,200 which they are donating towards grizzly bear conservation and education in Alberta. WOW! These students have truly taken some Awesome Action! |
Dr. Gordon Higgins School |
For their action project this year, the grade 8 students at Dr. Gordon Higgins School learned about water and water conservation. In Calgary especially, learning about and taking action with respect to water conservation is a great thing to do – kudos to you! |
Highwood High School |
Four students at Highwood High School had a COOL idea. Over two lunch hours, they had an ice cream sundae sale at their school. They did this as part of their Biodiversity unit project and as a result, raised money, which they donated to CPAWS. Thank you for helping us save the environment and endangered species like the grizzly bear! |
Bear Guardians |
CPAWS has teamed up with Parks Canada to promote bear awareness and the Bear Guardian Program in the Parks. Parks Canada provided us with Bear Guardian buttons and stickers, along with a bear aware pledge. After teaching classes about how to safely travel, camp and explore bear country, elementary students take the bear pledge and receive a button. At the secondary level, we provide students with the opportunity to take a sticker, understanding that if they do so, they are committing to be bear aware, and promising to travel and camp safely in bear country, and tell others, too. Over 1000 elementary students in the Calgary area became Bear Guardians, along with the nearly 2,000 secondary students who learned about bear ecology and conservation. |
St. Gabriel the Archangel |
The Grade 7 students at St. Gabriel the Archangel did some truly awesome action projects. One class filled a jar with gummy bears and raffled off tickets in the school. The result was that the students raised almost $200 which they donated to CPAWS. The other class adopted a child in Africa. We at CPAWS thank Mr. McIntyre-Kelly and his students for their care and hard work to help the environment and the people of this world. Kudos to the grade 7 students at St. Gabriel who were the recipients of the CPAWS Gareth Thomson Environmental Action Award 2006 for their action projects this year.  |
William Roper Hull School |
Jim Thorne and his students are really greening up their classroom. They started a vermicompost and are growing about 20 plants to brighten up the place and improve air quality. They also recycle. The money raised from the recycled juice and pop bottles went toward an adopted child in Africa, to buy food for a family at Christmas time, and an educational game for a student. In the spring, the students will be growing tomatoes for NASA – the tomato sphere project. Way to go William Roper Hull! |
T.B. Riley Jr. High |
The students at T.B. Riley have once again shown that they are friends of the environment and the grizzly bear. The students took it upon themselves to educate themselves and others about the plight of the grizzly bear. They did this in various ways. Some of their action projects included posters, pamphlets, letters, and presentations about hiking safely in bear country, slowing down on the highways, storing food, habituation, and why they think that grizzly bears should not be hunted. Other classes did some research on recycling, composting, and pollution and how they can make a difference. 
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Dr. Gordon Higgins Junior High School |
Thank you to Mrs. Hackman’s students at Dr. Gordon Higgins Jr. High who did several awesome action projects. Proceeds from a two-day bake sale along with the bottle recycling funds for February are being donated to CPAWS. Environmental education was done throughout the school using posters to question and create awareness about energy conservation, water conservation, endangered species and the one-tonne challenge. One group wrote a letter to the premier about deforestation in our province. Great job! |
Foothills Academy |
The students at Foothills Academy are raising their awareness about the environment by doing research projects on endangered species in Canada. They will write up a report and then present their findings to another class within the school. |
Calgary Girls School |
The students at Calgary Girls School really got bear aware. They created a grizzly bear article/information wall in their classrooms with posters and charts on bear stats. What a great way to get informed!  |
Ian Bazalgette Junior High School |
Ms. Kuznik’s students really got into action during their “Into the Wild” option by creating video commercials on endangered species. By finding out more about the problems facing endangered species, we find out ways we can help. Ms. Herbert's class has also done their part to learn more about environmental issues. The students completed endangered species reports and made posters to hang around the classroom. Thanks Ian Baz! |
DA Ferguson Middle School |
DA Ferguson has become a “Carbon Busters” School! The students have created a green team that keep track of money made by changes. Way to green it up! |
Monsignor J.S. Smith |
The grade 7 students at Monsignor Smith really care about grizzly bears! Prior to the announcement of the suspension of the hunt, they wrote letters to the government. Thanks for caring and helping the bears! |
Banded Peak School |
Mr. Spruyt's class made IOU's to Mother Earth to help decrease their impact on their environment. We hope they kept true to their promises and recycled more, rode their bikes to school, composted, etc. When we each do something little to help, it adds up to a lot of green … thank you. |
Westmount Charter School |
A big hoorah for the Grade 7's at Westmount Charter School on their action initiatives! Miss Lai's class created awareness posters, Mr. Byron's class did an indepth look at animal populations/human influence/genetics, and Ms. Cheung's class did a garbage pick-up around the school. |
Banded Peak School |
Grades 7 and 8 have made a difference by creating garbage/litter awareness posters to put up around the school. They also plan to have a waste-free lunch day. Nice work helping to keep our environment clean! |
Foothills Academy |
The Grade 9A's have taken it upon themselves to educate the younger grades about grizzly bears and leave-no-trace camping by putting together their own one-hour presentation. They have been welcomed into the other classrooms and have had a chance to work on their presentation and community building skills in the school. The Grade 9B's are still organizing their elaborate project of hosting a grizzly bear/endangered species information fair for the whole school. The fair will include games, bake sale, and information booths, maybe even prizes. Great initiative! Creative and challenging ideas! Amazing school community connections. Thanks to Ms. Labossiere and her students! |
A.E. Cross Junior High School |
Mrs Doland's Grade 8 and 9 students have taken action by making pamphlets about grizzly bears. |
MidSun Junior High School |
Fantastic efforts were made by Mrs. Pankratz’s Grade 7's and 8's, who did a grizzly bear study. After the CPAWS classroom visits, the majority of students wrote letters to Ralph Klein, Gene Zwodesky, Paul Martin and Stephane Dion. To date, they have received one letter back from Ralph Klein, acknowledging their study. One group of students sold candy at lunch and raised $50 to adopt a polar bear. Another group raised $140 through a grizzly bear bake sale to go towards the Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) project. Mrs. Pankratz finished the students’ projects with a Zoo visit and a special behind-the-scenes with the grizzly bears. What great ideas! |
Thomas B. Riley Junior High School |
Once again the grade 7 students at TB Riley are heavily involved in environmental action. Students and teachers signed petitions about the grizzly bear hunt and sent them to Ralph Klein during the election, they wrote a blurb in the school newspaper, and created a poster campaign about grizzly bears for the school. Good work, TB Riley! |
F.E. Osborne Junior High School |
Thanks to Mr. Carlson's Grade 9's who raised money towards the tsunami relief effort. They also want to raise money to adopt an injured eagle. Awesome action, F.E. Osborne! |
Calgary Science School |
Mrs Kurio’s Grade 7 class wrote letters to the government regarding the Dead Man’s Flats area. Thanks for your great action! |
Annie Gale Junior High |
After learning about the status of grizzly bears in Alberta, these grade sevens didn't wait long to pick up a pen and write a letter to the government expressing their concern. In total FOUR grade seven classes let their voice be heard! Congratulations Annie Gale Junior High! |
Chestermere Middle School |
There’s no messin’ with this middle school. These stylin’ sevens know that to make a change you’ve gotta take your message to the man. They wrote letters to politicians to protect grizzlies. |
D.A. Ferguson Middle School |
One teacher, four classes, 90 ecological footprints! These eco-savvy sevens not only worked on determining their ecological footprints, they also created posters about them to educate others! |
Hill Spring School |
Hill Spring may be a small community, but the students’ commitment to conserving grizzlies is huge. The students in Mr. R’s class designed posters, which they hung in the hall to make others aware of the grizzly details. |
Monsignor JR Smith School |
On its own, one voice is small. But a whole bunch of voices together will be heard. These sevens sent their message to politicians through their witty writings. |
RI Baker School |
This is one school full of big hearts. The students at R.I. Baker started a Bear to Care Club to continually raise awareness about bears in our province. They hit the ‘net and found awesome resources about grizzlies – AND made their own Web pages. |
Rundle Academy |
Rundle Academy proved it is a cut above the rest by adopting bear #70 and making groovy grizzly posters to keep others bear aware. Mr. Palmer's Grade 7's also made global awareness posters and PowerPoint presentations that were shown in class and sent letters created from the Wildcanada.net site to Prime Minister Paul Martin. |
Siksika High School |
The pen is indeed mightier than the sword, and the students of Siksika Nation proved this. Our educator hadn’t even left the building before these tuned-in teens started writing to save the great bear. |
St. Stephen's Junior High |
These gnarly nines know what it means to take action! Not only did they write letters to protect grizzlies, but they also perfected some grizzly presentations for others in their school. These students are definitely worth watching! |
William Roper Hull School |
These teens didn’t waste any time. They picked up pens, they wrote letters, they made a difference. Simple as that. |
| Winston Churchill High Lethbridge, Alberta Sandy's Science 14 |
It doesn’t take long to make a difference. During the last ten minutes of science class, these teens chose to write letters to politicians and park managers to conserve grizzly bear habitat and populations in Alberta. |
Livingstone School |
“Grade 7 Students offer tips to be bear safe” So reads the headline of the newspaper article that these expressive students wrote. It appeared in the Pincher Creek Echo on Tuesday, February 3, 2004, and was read by thousands of residents. Talk about a small action having a large impact. These super sevens didn't stop there! They also made an educational school display AND wrote letters to protect grizzly bear habitat. Awesome work, you guys! Click here to view their letter and to see the awesome display they made in their school. |
Catholic Central High School |
It’s no surprise that these students were appalled to find out that Alberta still allows grizzly bear hunting. What was surprising was that EVERY student in that class took a moment to write a letter to the Premier to protect grizzly bears and stop the annual hunt. |
Sherwood Community School |
All students created a poster on an endangered species. They were required to research the species, habitat, reasons for extinction and what is being done to help the species. They presented their posters to the class. The students enjoyed hearing about the different species and reasons why they are endangered. |
Sir John Franklin Junior High |
These students apparently had some GREAT ideas. They chose to make “Did you know” posters about Grizzly Bears and then put them up around the school to inform others. Hundreds of students were made aware of the plight of the grizzly bear in Alberta. |
Sir John Franklin Junior High |
This grade seven class worked hard to set up a school-wide paper recycling program. Way to go grade 7s! |
Calgary Christian School |
After learning about the plight of grizzlies right here in the Alberta Rockies, these seniors decided to do something about it! Not only did they teach other classes right in their school about grizzlies, they also wrote letters of concern to their MP. Thanks for the hard work! Read more about what Mr. Kupery's class at the Calgary Christian School achieved here. |
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Vincent Massey Junior High |
Kudos to Angela Rose, science teacher from Vincent Massey Jr. High who took part in CPAWS Calgary/Banff’s Running Wild! event. Angela ran the 10km loop to raise money for CPAWS and the protection of wilderness areas. |
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