Minor Elementary School, Gwinnett County Better Air School By partnering with The Clean Air Campaign and becoming a Better Air School, Minor Elementary reduced traffic congestion at the school, increased students’ levels of physical activity, and improved air quality at the school and in the community. Exploring Your Community, Litter, and Recycled Paper In this model EIC unit, students will recall the characteristics of their neighborhood as they create a map that shows where they live, observe if litter has impacted their neighborhood through a walking tour, and recycle paper trash into homemade paper. Minor 2nd grade gifted education students observe birds in the wetlands as they participate in a unit titled “Be a Naturalist.” Students appreciate the platform donated by Richport Properties. This platform enables the students to see deeper into the wetland area. It will provide them with many opportunities to learn about the wetland habitat and the wildlife that lives there. Announcing Our New 5-Acre Outdoor Classroom! Students Aaron Chu (front left) and Hernan Gutierrez (front right) use a water quality monitoring system donated by Richport Properties as teacher Amy Keeton and Richport development director Lee Williams watch. This spring (May 2004), through our Partner-in-Education relationship with Richport Properties, Minor received access to a new outdoor classroom designed for student water quality monitoring. The five-plus acres, part of an infill neighborhood Richport is developing next to the school, were donated to the Gwinnett Open Land Trust. Lee Williams, director of development for Richport Properties, explains “Water quality monitoring systems installed before development began will stay in place so Rebecca Minor students can take water samples for analysis and data collecting to learn how rainfall and storms impact our natural resources prior to, during and after land development." This will provide a unique, hands-on opportunity for students to learn about the effects of storm water runoff and how neighboring homeowners can care for the environment. A platform to be installed this summer will take the program one step further to let the children observe and study the land's wetland wildlife. Richport Properties has donated a total of 75.5 acres in conservation easements to the Gwinnett Open Land Trust. Richport also received the Howard Allen Business and Industry Award presented by Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful, a nonprofit, volunteer organization dedicated to the environment. EIC PowerPoint Presentation See what Mrs. Hartline's 5th grade class is doing. Visit their EIC web site.