San Saba Elementary School collects over 50,000 plastic bottles to recycle

  • San Saba Elementary Kindergarten students and their teachers collected 12,770 plastic bottles to win the challenge set by the KSSB! They are pictured here in front of one of four large loads of plastic bottles! Courtesy of Dani Gilcrease / SSES Principal
    San Saba Elementary Kindergarten students and their teachers collected 12,770 plastic bottles to win the challenge set by the KSSB! They are pictured here in front of one of four large loads of plastic bottles! Courtesy of Dani Gilcrease / SSES Principal
  • San Saba Elementary 1st Grade students and their teachers collected 12,219 plastic bottles to get 2nd place in the challenge set by the KSSB! They are pictured here in front of one of four large loads of plastic bottles!
    San Saba Elementary 1st Grade students and their teachers collected 12,219 plastic bottles to get 2nd place in the challenge set by the KSSB! They are pictured here in front of one of four large loads of plastic bottles!
  • San Saba Elementary PK3 and PK4 students and their teachers collected 4,880 plastic bottles in response to the challenge set by the KSSB! They are pictured here in front of one of four large loads of plastic bottles!
    San Saba Elementary PK3 and PK4 students and their teachers collected 4,880 plastic bottles in response to the challenge set by the KSSB! They are pictured here in front of one of four large loads of plastic bottles!
  • San Saba Elementary 2nd Grade students and their teachers collected 9,565 plastic bottles in response to the challenge set by the KSSB! They are pictured here in front of one of four large loads of plastic bottles!
    San Saba Elementary 2nd Grade students and their teachers collected 9,565 plastic bottles in response to the challenge set by the KSSB! They are pictured here in front of one of four large loads of plastic bottles!
  • San Saba Elementary 3rd Grade students and their teachers collected 5,486 plastic bottles in response to the challenge set by the KSSB! They are pictured here in front of one of four large loads of plastic bottles!
    San Saba Elementary 3rd Grade students and their teachers collected 5,486 plastic bottles in response to the challenge set by the KSSB! They are pictured here in front of one of four large loads of plastic bottles!
  • San Saba Elementary 4th Grade students and their teachers collected 5,111 plastic bottles in response to the challenge set by the KSSB! They are pictured here in front of one of four large loads of plastic bottles!
    San Saba Elementary 4th Grade students and their teachers collected 5,111 plastic bottles in response to the challenge set by the KSSB! They are pictured here in front of one of four large loads of plastic bottles!

The San Saba Elementary students (PK-4th Grade) collected 50,031 plastic bottles as a result of a challenge we received from the Keep San Saba Beautiful organization!

The KSSB, partnering with the GAC/DMWT Trash Off this past Saturday, April 13, asked the students to collect as many bottles as they could from March 4 through April 11. Not only did the students respond positively to this challenge, but they also took it very seriously!

Many students conducted research about recycling and taking care of our planet! Students made announcements daily regarding the importance of taking care of our world and gave examples of how to do this!

The kindergarten students collected the most out of all grade levels with a total of 12,770 bottles!

First Grade students came in as a close 2nd place with 12,219 bottles!

Next were 2nd grade students collecting 9,565 bottles, 3rd grade students collecting 5,486 bottles, 4th grade students collecting 5,111 bottles, and PK students collecting 4,880 bottles.

The students had fun learning about recycling and how to take care of our community.

We are proud of our students and their efforts to Keep San Saba Beautiful!

Thank you to the KSSB for providing pizza for our students as a reward for doing such a great job!! We appreciate the KSSB for all that they do for San Saba and for SSES!

Photos of the other groups will be added to our website on Thursday.