Guest Blog Post by the Sleepy Eye YES! Team With the help of the grant money from the McKnight Foundation, the Sleepy Eye YES! team was able to carry out three projects this past season. We are most excited in working with our local DNR headquarters with Megan Benage, regional ecologist, in planning and planting prairie seed mixes and plugs at Ross Park Apartment Complex and the Sleepy Eye Golf
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Summer in the Metro
The YES! Metro Region this summer provided assistance to the Edina High School Environmental Club called PROJECT EARTH to design and fabricate a float for the 2018 Edina City Fourth of July parade this last week. The float promoted the use of renewable energy and to support funding for a 12 panel solar tracking array PROJECT EARTH is developing to be installed at the Edina High School. The
Discovery Woods LED Lighting
Our school used our McKnight Foundation grant money to install LED lights in our library. Our building is almost eighty years old and has seen some updates but we have a ways to go yet. The library lighting was irreplaceable and not functioning. To begin, the students looked at the school’s electricity bills to find out how much our school pays per KWh and then we estimated how much the current
You Forked Up Scarlets
Submitted Post: Mankato West YES! Team The cafeteria has been using plastic utensils since late this fall. While this is not ideal, it is currently necessary to provide cutlery for the students during lunch. The school had previously been using reusable metal silverware but after a large quantity of them went missing, there no longer are enough metal forks and spoons to use for lunch. The
New Prague YES! Feeding Students Locally
Submitted by New Prague YES! Team Compass Learning Center students installed 5 indoor window extenders to facilitate indoor plants and seed starting for our outdoor gardens. The McKnight Grant also supported an additional 2 outdoor garden beds, adding to our other 3 outdoor garden beds. They will be utilized May-October for vegetable planting. The vegetables will be used to teach students
GSL YES! Team Competes at MNRES Solar Boat Regatta
The 26th annual Solar Boat Regatta was held Saturday May 19th at Riley Lake Park. Glencoe Silver Lake participated in the student division. At the MRES' Solar Boat Regatta, teams demonstrate knowledge of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to design and build boats powered by the sun. They compete in a speed and slalom races, culminating with a one-hour endurance race. This event
