Sustainability at PS 102
PS 102 is committed to the Office of Sustainability's mission to make New York City Public Schools more sustainable. For years, PS 102 has been a leader in promoting access to school gardens and outdoor learning with its extraordinary school garden. PS 102 is now working with support from the Office of Sustainability to reduce energy use in the school building in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as well as to reduce and manage waste, and most importantly, to promote student learning and leadership in caring for the environment.
Climate Action Days
For this first time ever, throughout the 2023-24 schoolyear, NYC Public Schools are launching 4 themed Climate Action days to promote student learning and empowerment around climate action. PS 102 is participating in each day with school-wide student-led actions and events. Check back here or at NYC Public Schools Office of Sustainability for more information.
Climate Action Day 1: Energy
Students at P.S. 102 played an important role in preparing for and participating in NYC Public Schools' first ever Climate Action Day on December 6th, 2023. Because the theme for CAD 1 was energy, students participated in lessons on conserving energy. Students brainstormed ways they could raise awareness about our plan to turn lights off on our first Climate Action Day, and then worked hard to make beautiful posters for the school hallways. Two students made morning announcements on the day of the event to encourage participation. Many classes participated in turning lights off and letting the sunshine in. Because of hard student' work, P.S. 102 was ready to conserve energy on our Climate Action Day!
Students Made Posters to Raise Awareness
Lucas Benson 2-324 and Mehmet Ural 2-315 Made Morning Announcements
Students Turned Lights Off
Lights Off
Climate Action Day 2: Waste
Students at P.S. 102 participated in Climate Action Day 2, on February 7th, by learning why it important to make less waste. To participate in this city-wide event, P.S. 102 expanded its already existing waste reducing actions including plastic free lunches and waste sorting stations including curbside composting. A Green Team of student cafeteria monitors now works every lunch to support younger students in throwing their trash away in the cafeteria correctly.
PS 102's next plastic free lunch is 1/31/24
PS 102's Cafeteria Waste Sorting Station
PS 102's Cafeteria Ranger Program
Further Upcoming Climate Action Days 3 and 4
We are excited at PS 102 to participate in further upcoming Climate Action Days. On April 17th, we will focus on health, wellness and green spaces by learning about how green spaces like our school garden can promote personal and community wellness. On June 12, we will focus on water and learn ways to conserve water. Stay tuned for more updates!
Get Involved
If you have any questions or would like to get involved, please reach out to PS 102's Sustainability Coordinator, Ms. Stepto, at cstepto@schools.nyc.gov.
And for more information on Sustainability in the classroom check out our STEAM K-2 and STEAM education pages as well as our PS 102 Garden page.
Looking forward to being in touch!
