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Keys Schools Now Have Compostable Utensils & Trays Thanks To Key Largo Students

Keys Weekly, October 8, 2024

A teacher speaks to attentive students seated around a table in a Key Largo School classroom. The setting is Key Largo School, recognized as one of The Everglades Foundation's Gold Level Everglades Champion Schools.

Key Largo School is repeatedly named as a Gold Level Everglades Champion School by The Everglades Foundation. The students in all grades at KLS are serious about their titles as Everglades ambassadors.

  

Like other schools in the district, KLS has an Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program. A big focus of AVID is on helping students develop skills in communications and advocacy. Teachers throughout the district receive training in AVID philosophy and techniques. 


In 2023, KLS AVID students in fifth and seventh grades looked for ways to advocate as Everglades ambassadors. They researched ways to reduce the impact of their own school on the environment.  


Specifically, the students researched the styrofoam trays and plastic utensils in use at the school, found alternatives and looked for the right people to convince. AVID teachers Eva Brown and Pam Caputo succeeded in bringing school district staff, including Pat Lefere, executive director of operations and planning, up from Key West to Key Largo to receive persuasive slideshow briefings prepared and presented by fifth and seventh grade students.



To learn more about our Everglades Literacy Program visit: https://www.evergladesliteracy.org

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