{"id":11140,"date":"2017-06-14T02:08:37","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T06:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=11140"},"modified":"2017-06-14T02:08:37","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T06:08:37","slug":"brick-stem-academy-students-helped-recycle-13000-pounds-of-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2017\/06\/brick-stem-academy-students-helped-recycle-13000-pounds-of-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Brick STEM Academy Students Helped Recycle 13,000 Pounds of Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brick STEM Academy students present their project at a Board of Education meeting. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

Students in Brick\u2019s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) academy were busy their first year \u2013 and the environment has them and their teachers to thank.<\/p>\n

Students from both Brick Township High School and Brick Memorial High School can attend the academy, which focuses rigorous coursework on STEM topics. But for the program\u2019s first year, district staff and students worked together to develop a program that would transform the curriculum into a positive result for the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we met with the students in the summer, we presented the project and they had to come up with all the details, themselves, on how to do it,\u201d said Walter Hrycenko, a district supervisor who oversees the science department.<\/p>\n

Hrycenko said the students came up with their own plan to collect wastepaper so it could be recycled, but went a significant step further by developing formulas that could calculate how their project would have an impact on the environment.<\/p>\n

While the STEM academy students were busy crunching the numbers, English students handled announcements to the school community about the program while other students designed blue recycling bins.<\/p>\n

The results were impressive: over five months, the program collected 8,406 pounds of paper from BTHS and 4,734 from BMHS, for a total of 13,140 pounds. That much paper equates to 157 trees saved, the students\u2019 formula showed.<\/p>\n

The formula also showed how much carbon dioxide \u2013 the substance widely believed the affect climate change \u2013 was removed from the atmosphere. At BTHS, 2,204 kilograms of CO2 was absorbed which, in turn, helped save 11,916 kilos from later being released due to the number of trees saved. At BMHS, 1,237 kilos were absorbed and 6,690 kilos were prevented from being released.<\/p>\n

Hrycenko said staff will meet over the summer to discuss continuing the program for the upcoming 2017-18 school year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe definitely want to keep the recycling going because it\u2019s saving a lot of trees,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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