Black and Gold goes Green

   According to Heather Chucta, everyone should be kind to the earth, and right at a convenient spot for Woodland staff and students are interesting facts and tips on exactly how to do so.

   As students of Woodland prance down the Media Center hall, a glowing green senior project catches the attention of all. Heather Chucta and Danielle Dangelo have created an eye catching peice in the library showcases, primarily to influence Woodland students and staff to Go Green, along with them.

   "We have decided to make a beneficial change in the Woodland community; [it is time for a change,]" stated Dangelo and Chucta.

   Going Green - Chucta and Dangelo style - is easy; one way is to recycle your left-over water bottle from lunch, instead of chucking it in the trash or hall. Recycling reduces energy usage, air and water pollution. Not only can students recycle plastic but paper too; instead of throwing your failing tests and old homeworks away, recycle them. Chucta and Dangelo are not expecting Woodland students and teachers to advance to solar power energy, more like un plugging a computer or Playstation.

   "I want [Going Green] to be the new trend; this is what should be done by the students and teachers of Woodland," said Chucta. Ideally Chucta cannot force everyone to Go Green in a blink of an eye.

   Therefore she took a business approach to her senior project. Chucta advertised their senior project in the Media Center showcases, ultamately as a student/teacher approach.

   In the showcase is a themed visual of Chucta and Dangelo's way of Going Green. A brief sypnosis of their goals and upcoming plans is available; soon they will provide recycling bins in the cafe for Woodland students and teachers, as another step to Going Green.

   Also inside the showcase is "The Green Book," a complete novel available to anyone is Woodland, the book is an everyday guide to saving the earth one step at a time.

   The novels along with the Going Green project benefits Chucta, Dangelo, and the librarians. Woodland librarians, Kate Smith and Karen Myers, love to see students enter the library requesting a book."More often students take the time to take out a book that was noticed in the display case," said Smith.

   Chucta and Dangelo's idea of Going Green will and has benefited all, hopefully Woodland will soon be more of an "earth friendly" enviroment and more students will daze themselves into the library, astonished at their inspirational peice.

   "Our ultamate goal for this project was to educate the [Woodland] students, get them involved and create a complete visual," stated Chucta.