PVPUSD Sustainability Committee
Sustainability Committee
Board of Education Members: Ami Ghandi, Linda Kurt
Administrator: Assistant Superintendent, Brenna Terrones
Meetings: Take place on the fourth Thursday of each month at 4:00 p.m. (No meeting in December)
Meetings are open to everyone, come and join the cause!
Meeting ID: 965 4974 7593
Passcode: 2PyyRd
Passcode: 2PyyRd
Community in ACTION!
Malaga Cove Blue Water Task Force
PVPUSD's Sustainability Committee is asking the community to get involved!
Program Goal: To educate students and community while raising awareness of local water quality and empower our members in the South Bay area to address these issues.
The South Bay Chapter's Blue Water Task Force Teach and Test program is a massive collaborative effort between chapter volunteers, students, faculty supervisors and the following schools: Parras Middle School, Palos Verdes High School, El Segundo High School, Redondo Union High School, Lawndale High School and now Palos Verdes Unified Elementary and Middles School community members!
Our High School students have developed a team under the direction our our PVPUSD affiliate PV School Gardens. This team will take bi-monthly water samples and collect data. By the Spring of 2024 students will analyze findings and present a possible project to help direct the next step of this twenty-first century NGSS hands-on learning.
The last few water samples have demonstrated contamination at the Malaga Cove drainage site! Check the website for South Bay's most up-to-date data: Latest Data for South Bay Surfrider Foundation Teach and Test Project Link
As a community - we can contribute!
PVPUSD Middle School and Elementary students, along with their families, can register to meet Mrs. Nagdev at the beach for a one-hour commitment to complete a waste characterization of our storm drain at Malaga Cove. This will help our Teen Team with their project and give us a better understanding of our environmental impact. Students are also welcome to develop their own project or solutions to share with our community. We will then log our data and contribute to the overall study which will supply our Teen Team in developing a clear picture and add to their project.
A community in action with a shared goal of healthy beaches and coastlines.
Sponsored by the West Basin Municipal Water District.
Sign-up for a shift below! Register your baseball team or service group for a shift. The more the merrier! Thanks for your interest in joining our Community in Action.
Surfrider Foundation’s TEACH & TEST SAMPLING DATES
2023
September 24
October 8 & 22
November 5 & 19
December 3 & 17 (three-week break)
2024
January 21
February 4 & 18
March 3 & 17 & 31- Easter (three-week break)
April 14 & 21 & 28
May 5 12 (Final)
2023
September 24
October 8 & 22
November 5 & 19
December 3 & 17 (three-week break)
2024
January 21
February 4 & 18
March 3 & 17 & 31- Easter (three-week break)
April 14 & 21 & 28
May 5 12 (Final)
*South Bay Chapter
Contact Mrs. Nagdev, PVPUSD Sustainability Chair with any questions [email protected]
School Site Green Teams help to manage recycling at lunch time and in the classrooms! Parent volunteers and PTA and community members aid in campus beautification.
PVPUSD elementary schools each have their own student-run Green Teams responsible for overseeing our lunch-table recycling efforts geared toward reducing waste. Student ambassadors help direct younger peers toward cleaning and sorting compostable trays and recyclable milk cartons. Last year our schools kept more than 30,000 milk cartons from going to landfills. This year our Green Team goals include a campaign to educate classmates and ensure that there is no “wish-cycling” and contamination within our recycle bins and train friends on the purpose of the share table. Green Teams will also be starting an organic waste collection from the lunch-tables in an effort to comply with SB 1383 and work toward lowering our contributions to landfills.
The Student Environmental Advocacy (SEA) is a coalition of dedicated high school students from across the South Bay that works to encourage green reform through policy change and grass roots events. Students strive to connect with local officials and the community to collaborate on important issues and state mandates.
PVPUSD Partners and Affiliates
PV School Gardens : Link to PV School Gardens Webpages
Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy: Link to Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy