Oceanside CA— Students around Oceanside celebrated Earth Day 2015 with a variety of events to commemorate the occasion. At Martin Luther King Middle School, close to eight hundred ‘Green Team Ambassadors’ were honored by the City of Oceanside for their work in the Oceanside Zero Waste School Program.
The students were treated to a special appearance by the host of the television series, Curiosity Quest, Joel Greene. The young ambassadors enjoyed a premier screening of an episode titled ‘Curiosity Quest Goes Green in Oceanside’ featuring Green Team Ambassadors from Oceanside’s Palmquist Elementary School. Colleen Foster, Solid Waste and Recycling Management Analyst with the City of Oceanside was featured in the episode explaining the many ways the city and school ambassadors work to keep Oceanside beaches clean.
At Discovery Isle Child Development Center, the young students celebrated the day making ladybug hats and dressed in ladybug colors in preparation for “Bug Out”. The kids released of thousands of the red and black beetles back into the wild but not before getting an up close look. The youngsters also took part in planting a new vegetable garden at the school.
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Colleen Foster and Joel Greene on the big screen
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Close to 800 Green Team Ambassadors at MLK Middle School
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Joel Greene host of Curiosity Quest
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Lincoln Middle School ambassadors, Aaron Taan and Bruce Thompson enjoy the provided lunch that included a sandwich, veggie, Sun Chips, cookie and an apple
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Pamela Lambert, OUSD Nutrition Services Director
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Students crowd the recycle bins after lunch
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Edson Salazar (in blue shirt) gets direction from “Recycling Roars” students Justin Leovao, Rose Bishay, Mariah Encinas and Jada Bennett
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Fourth grade, Del Rio Elementary School Ambassador, Denise signs a giant commemorative card with her fellow ambassadors
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Anthony, Isabella and Daniel watch the thousands of ladybugs make their way from captivity.
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Luke, 4 was fascinated by the ladybugs that seemed to have an attachment to him as well
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Addison and her ladybug
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Anthony digs in to help plant the vegetable garden.
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Discovery Isle Principal Melinda Lopez-Pleasant covered with ladybugs
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