Environment

“Keepin’ It Clean In 2017” Participants Honored For Recycling Initiatives

Seventh and 8th-grade students from the Bertha C. Boschulte Middle School (BCBMS) and 4th and 5th-grade students from Lockhart Elementary School were honored for their participation in campus-wide recycling initiatives to remove thousands of single-use water bottles, plastic bags and hundreds of aluminum cans from their schools and neighborhoods during the latter part of spring 2017. The “Keepin’ It Clean in 2017” project was funded through a grant to the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris Program, that paired UVI Masters in Marine and Environmental Science (MMES) students, Kristen Ewen and Vernita Smith, with Topaze Lake of Bertha C. Boschulte Middle School (BCBMS) and Juelis Hodge of Lockhart Elementary School and their students. “Making a difference starts with teaching the next generation,” said UVI MMES student, Vernita Smith. “These kids will go home and share with their parents what they’re learnin...