Submitted by Kristin Battistoni, Sustainable CT Committee Member.
If you get a chance to come into the Town Office Building during the next two weeks you will enjoy a wonderful display of the creativity from some of the seventh grade students in Mrs. Hanson’s science class. Students from Haddam-Killingworth Middle School are learning about the environment and how to reuse and repurpose material instead of throwing it away. The Town of Haddam has become very active in recycling and we are very happy to be able to showcase some of our students’ work.
Martin Kuchyt, a student of Mrs. Hanson explains the assignment, “In Science class we were assigned a task to make something out of old clothing or something that was going to be thrown away. The point of this project is to show me that I can recycle or repurpose almost anything. I took the back pocket off an old pair of jeans and sewed a strip of fabric onto the pocket. This created a small bag that I can use to carry small items, like, my cellphone or Post It notes. I learned that you can make something pretty cool by recycling. I think I might be looking at some of my stuff to see what I can make next instead of throwing it in the trash.”
Stop by and see what our students have created. The Recycling Art Show will be on display until June 6, 2019. If you are interested in helping out, or have ideas for recycling in Haddam please contact Robin Munster at edccoordinator@haddam.org.
Photos by Kristin Battistoni.
