STUDENT LED SERVICE

G.E.A.S.E.

2020-2021 G.E.A.S.E. Leadership Team Members are: Noah Berger, Michael LeBlanc, Liv Dalby, Luca Dalsin, Paul Ellertson, Davi Worman, Ella Kahn, Silas Anderson, and Kate Woolley (not pictured)

This Spring, five different student clubs at Groves combined to make a mega group called G.E.A.S.E. that is dedicated to creating a greener Groves. G.E.A.S.E. stands for the Griffin Service Core, Electronics Club, Student Ambassadors, Student Council, Environmental Climate Club. In April, the student leaders of G.E.A.S.E. presented to Groves leadership Kim Peeples (Head of School), Dan Morgan (President), and Lawrence Graham (Director of Finance) a detailed 5-year plan.

The 5-year plan includes these four initiatives:

Recycling Program - educating all students and staff to be better recyclers. G.E.A.S.E. is teaming with Project Based Learning (PBL) students to design bins and create shelves with examples to organize the recycling in the lunchroom. The Upper School (US) students will take out the recycling as part of their service hours requirement. The team will create and distribute educational and promotional materials, including posters and other media. Composting Program - educating all students and staff to be better composters. PBL students will create composting bins for the lunchroom, US students will earn service hours by taking out the compost each day, and the program will be explained and promoted using various media, including “What Can and Cannot be Composted” posters in the lunchroom. Groves Garden - teaching Groves community members how to build and maintain the new gardens. G.E.A.S.E. and PBL students will plan and build the garden beds, create a schedule for the Groves families to come and tend to the garden, and also help Groves students fulfill their service hour requirements. Solar Panels - helping the Groves building become solar energy supported and educating all Groves community members about solar energy. This is the G.E.A.S.E. team’s most ambitious undertaking. They started by talking with solar panel experts and gathering pricing information. Then they met with Groves leadership to present ideas, including the environmental benefits of solar panels, the longterm financial benefits including drastically reducing energy bills, and showing the community that Groves is committed to greener practices. G.E.A.S.E. also met with the Groves Advancement and Marketing teams to get input and feedback on their ideas, and together, they have come up with a proposal about how to fund their plans. Stay tuned on the exciting things happening with these student leaders who are committed to making a greener Groves!