YISS EcoSave FunFest Fundraiser

Over the past several months, the EcoSave club has carried out numerous lessons for different elementary classes.
On November 7th, the EcoSave Club achieved its first engagement with the YISS elementary school. In collaboration with Ms. Kelly Han and her kindergarten class, EcoSave members helped raise awareness among the younger generation on endangered species and habitat loss. The EcoSave club presented a lesson and a corresponding craft. The children’s artwork was then compiled into a poster that was later displayed in the school lobby.

In continuation with the teaching of elementary students, on March 16th, the EcoSave club worked with Ms. Kara Minor and her second grade class to raise awareness about global warming. Ms. Minor’s class had just finished a unit on weather, so the EcoSave club made sure to tie in this theme to the presentation for a comprehensive and engaging lesson. The children also completed a craft: groups were assigned different habitats to create with colored clay. The second grade students demonstrated great maturity and collaboration skill to construct beautiful artwork.

Finally, on May 18, the EcoSave club collaborated with Ms. Esther Stair to introduce her second grade class to the process of recycling. After giving a short presentation, the students participated in an activity involving trivia and “trashketball,” in which they had to sort a variety of different pieces of garbage into the correct container.

In October, the YISS EcoSave club fundraised at an event called Funfest to donate money to the WWF Tiger TX2. The game involved throwing a recyclable trash into the appropriate trash category (plastics, metal, paper, etc.)  

By Daniel Kim and the YISS EcoSave Club