• Lunchroom Composting and Recycling Station

    Lunchroom Composting and Recycling in ALL Our Schools

    Way to go, D65! As of November 2022, ALL District 65 schools are composting and recycling in our lunchrooms! Thank you to our lunchroom supervisors, custodians, nutrition services, teachers, school leaders, staff and our D65 climate action teams, who collectively make this a daily experience for our D65 students. Together, we’re doing our part to create a healthy planet!

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  • End of School Classroom and Locker Clean Out

    End of School Classroom and Locker Clean Out

    D65 hosted a 2023 End of School Clean Out from May 8 - June 9, 2023. Our D65 schools mobilized to gather leftover school supplies from classrooms and lockers that would typically go to the landfill. We encouraged sharing and reuse within our schools and D65 Families! Created 3 School Supply Swap Closets at Haven, Dawes & Lincolnwood. Remaining items were donated to Art Makers Outpost, SCARCE, Books4Cause, Better World Books and Goodwill.

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  • Earth Month Activities

    Earth Month Activities

    In 2023, our students participated in a variety of Earth Month activities including classroom engagement, school climate action projects and the 10 Second Film Festival.

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  • Planting Trees and Native Plants on School Grounds

    Planting Trees and Native Plants on School Grounds

    Our climate action and garden teams across the district have been busy planting new trees and native plants on our school grounds. It’s exciting to see our gardens growing and native plantings blooming!

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  • LED Lighting Upgrades

    LED Lighting Upgrades

    LED Lighting upgrades and retrofittings are were completed in all D65 schools in the summer of 2022 and 2023.

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  • Zeynep in front of recycling truck at Chute

    D65 and City of Evanston Recycling Art Design Competition

    The City of Evanston and District 65 asked middle schoolers to help illustrate why recycling plays a vital role in being good stewards for the planet. Congrats to Zeynep, an 8th Grader at Chute Middle School, who was named the winning illustrator!

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  • Climate Clubs

    Climate Clubs

    Our middle schools Climate Clubs have been busy! Roots & Shoots is an after-school offering at Dewey. Click the link above to learn more!

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  • Garden at schools across the district

    Gardening at Schools across the District

    Gardens at our schools across the district are growing beautiful local food. It’s an exciting opportunity to get our students into the garden to learn and discover hands on where our food comes from.

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  • Electric School Bus

    Electric School Bus

    D65 received funding for one electric school bus for our Head Start Program.

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  • Invention Convention at Nichols

    Invention Convention at Nichols

    Our 6th graders at Nichols Middle School completed a 2+ month invention challenge to develop climate solutions aligned with the City of Evanston's Climate Action and Resilience Plan.

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