YMCA Earth Service Corps Club Yearbook 2020-2021

Ballard High School Highlights

Meeting Topics • Reducing waste during a pandemic

• How climate change affects Indigenous populations

• The Biden Administration’s plan for climate change

• Food waste

• Cruelty free products and consumer power Projects

• Clothing and supplies drive for Mary’s Place

• Fundraiser for Climate Refugees—raised a total of $2,170!

• Planned a regional advocacy event with Ballard’s Sunrise Hub and YESC Other Activities

• Thanksgiving break Green Challenge

• Artifishial documentary screening

• Guest Speakers from Sea Potential Leadership Awards Bellevue High School Highlights

Social Media Takeover Bellevue HS created an exceptional powerpoint for their club on intersectionality and created a social media campaign for YESC social media.

Craft Kits Bellevue did a number of home crafts this year and also planted seeds at home as a way for the club to connect while still virtual! Leadership Awards Chief Sealth High School Highlights Hiking Trips Building Connections School Garden Care and Personal Garden Creation YMCA sponsored activities with other schools’ Green Teams Leadership Awards •Eli Allen-White- Rising Leader Award •Kobe Canoy- Community Connector Award •Jack Evans- Most Dedicated Award •Monita Meng- Supportive Leadership Award Cleveland High School Highlights

Environmental Ethics Project The Cleveland Green Team hosted numerous guest speakers from local organizations this year to speak on a wide variety of environmental topics from nutri- ent pollution to the international wildlife trade. Carbon Footprint Project Green Team members explored a variety of different ways to calculate aspects of their total carbon foot- print, and learn how to reduce their impact. Eco-crafts Every year, the Green Team holds and eco-craft event in which team members create art out of found ob- jects like non-recyclable plastic or bottle caps. Leadership Awards Phi Tran — Environmental Ethics Advocate Award Gina Deng — Rising Star Award Preston Lam — Positivity Paragon Award Eastlake High School Highlights

• Made so many yummy and delicious, planted- based and sustainably sourced meals including overnight oats and pumpkin seeds

• Lots of sustainable DIY projects such as home- made toothpaste and reusable T-shirt bags

• May in-person meetings! Skull identification, parking lot clean up, and more!

Leadership Awards

Franklin Earth Corps Highlights Guest Speakers Dr. Katzaroff, Samuel Hart, Courtney Bobsin, Jessie Dirks, Cooks for BLM Environmental Topics Tongass Forest, Arctic Wildlife Refuge, racism and environmentalism Service Hours Show Me Your Trash Event, planting seeds, merch design contest, virtual aquarium field trip, Skribbl, Kahoot Leadership Awards Garfield High School Highlights The club had many meaningful con- versations and presentations about sustainable agriculture, neoliberal- ism, food sovereignty, and environ- mental injustices in the Duwamish Valley. Leadership Awards

Gracious Wyatt Draher- Outstanding Leadership Award

Alyssa Tou- Dedicated Leader Award Hazen High School Highlights

Kahoot Champions — Hazen kept their club engaged throughout the year by using ka- hoots as a team building activity and to spread awareness on ecological issues

Climate Change Educators — Hazen used their virtual time as a way to educate them- selves on climate issues, Washington ecolo- gy, and international biodiversity Leadership Awards

Highline High School Highlights

• Organized monthly themes around food waste, forestry, and environmental careers

• Planted seeds for microgreens

• Created a video for the film and photo fes- tival

• Club hike at Little Si Leadership Awards Ingraham High School Highlights

• Presented on important topics such as eco- feminism, climate science, environmental racism, environmental value systems and more!

• Helped send postcards to young people in key swing states encouraging voting!

• Made a club eco- conscious cook-book

• Hosted guest speakers from a wide range of environmental careers and areas of expertise Leadership Awards Interlake High School Highlights Leadership Awards

Most Environmental Kahoots Played Andrea Schaffer— Most Birds Identified Award Anoushka Gupta— Dedicated Leader Award International Community School Highlights

• Water Pollution Video

• Endangered Species Project

• Green Week

• 6th Grade Waste Lesson

• Halloween Pumpkin Conserva- tion Leadership Awards Issaquah High School Highlights

• Hosted King County Green Team Meetings including environmental clubs across the Greater Seattle area and beyond

• Started club garden project in the spring

• Commented and sent letters to legislators urging environmental bills

• Created a Social-Emotional Learning lesson plan for their class teaching the importance of connecting with nature for mental health Leadership Awards Most Passionate About Salmon Thalia Jergens- Ambitious Leader Award Emily Pinneo- Salmon Protection Award

Leadership Awards

•Bella Copic- Enthusiastic Educator Award •Lexi Durbin- Adaptable Leadership Award •Manya Gupta- Multitasking Magician Award •Naomi Kern- Collaborative Leadership Award •Hong Zhou- Spice of Life Award •Claire Vossler- Outstanding Communicator Award •Susan Vossler- Outstanding Advocate Award Lake Washington High School Highlights

So many Kahoots! Lake Washington might be the Kahoot kings this year. The leadership team worked tirelessly to put together informational Kahoots that helped their club learn about the environment and have fun.

Lake Washington also had fun using carbon calculators, meeting in person, talking about plans for next year, holding successful elections and so much more. Leadership Award Lior Fisher- Outstanding Leadership Award Lincoln High School Highlights

• Watched Our Planet and discussed global responsibility for our earth

• Lots of discussions on renewable energy and algae farming

• Hosted guest speakers on sustain- able forestry, recycling, and waste

management Leadership Awards Mercer Island High

School Highlights

• Created an Earth Day Kahoot & Lesson for the school’s “Islander Hour” to spread awareness of environmental issues to the whole school.

• Started “Green Act of the Day” in May as a challenge for club members.

• Made Seed Balls to plant native grasses and flowers that pollinators need in their yards and neighborhoods. Leadership Awards

Alexandra Weil— Exceptional Leadership Award

Anna Xie— Dedicated Leader Award Nathan Hale High

School Highlights Plants! Nathan Hale spent a lot of time planting this year. They started with microgreens and then worked their way up to bigger veggies and flowers. Education Nathan Hale used their virtual time to do lots of eco-friendly crafts and educate themselves on environmental issues happening around the state, country, and world. Leadership Award Marie Jerome—Exceptional Leader- ship Award Newport High School Highlights

DIY Crafts at Home Newport did a number of virtual crafts this year. They made beeswax wraps and learned more about responsible consumerism and waste.

Seeds Newport planted a number of seeds this year. They started the year with microgreens and worked their way up to veggies and flowers. Sunflowers were a big hit.

Leadership Awards

Allison Shibata- Positive Attitude Award Lillian Huang-Amazing Leadership Award

Pine Lake Middle School Highlights Trash Video Pine Lake created a video about trash while meeting virtually! Each youth picked a different trash topic to talk about and made mini-videos, combined them into one video and played it for the whole school. Saving the Trees In person, Pine Lake realized that the trees at their school where being harmed by plastic ties which cut into the trees and caused problems. To fix this, Pine Lake cut off all the plastic ties on all the trees all over campus. Leadership Awards Izzy— Group Go-Getter Award Emma— Positive Attitude Award Rainier Beach High School Highlights

• Growing microgreens and harvesting them!

• Growing paperwhite narcissus flowers from bulbs in winter

• Really cool guest speakers from SEA Potential and Seattle Parks Department

• Turning yards into gardens and growing crops at home, especially peas

• Getting seeds and supplies in the mail all year Leadership Awards

Nick Dang — New Ideas Award

Tracy Esperanzate — Rising Star Award

Henry Hong — Most Dedicated Award Redmond High School Highlights

• Resuseable T-shirt bags

• Hosted YESC community meeting

• Held guest speaker on sustaina- ble business models in Redmond

• Read articles and discussed Biden’s environmental agenda

• Analyzed City of Redmond’s Sus- tainability Plan Leadership Awards Roosevelt High School Highlights Leadership Awards

•Amelia Carey- Executive Designer Award •Maria Douglass- Environmental Steward Award •Sophia Moran- Systems Thinker Award •Henry Roller- Orca Protector Award •Gabbi Smith- Rising Leader Award •Sophie Stetkiewicz- Trash Wrangler Award •Naomi Suver- Coordination Lead Award •Lucy Thackray- Consistent Leader Award •Fiona Willmer- Creative Leadership Award Sammamish High School Highlights

• Received a grant from the Department of Natural Resources to plant 300 trees on their school campus!

• Held spirited and friendly debates on various environmental issues

• Discussed greenwashing and environmental justice

• Screened Ancestral Waters documentary about environmental racism in Washington

Leadership Awards Shorecrest High School Highlights

• Group discussions on variety of environmental topics

• Planted radishes and carrots

• Made some awesome T-shirt bags

• Learned a ton from videos and supportive community

• Advocated for the Shoreline School District to enact a district-wide com- posting plan

Leadership Awards Shorewood High School Highlights

• Most enthusiastic group chat ever!

• Educational video projects shared with entire school

• Learning and discussion about environmental justice this year

• Climate Justice is Racial Justice Event

• Environmental Crafts—Bird feeders, T-shirt bags, and more! Shorewood High School

Educational video projects shared with

Bird feeders,

Leadership Awards •Ally Carter- Inspiring Activism Award •Catalina Kashiwa-Outstanding Leadership Award Skyline High School Highlights Presentations/ Discussions • Food waste • Technology and Social Me- dia • Climate Change • Ocean Acidification Activities/Crafts! • Made bags out of old clothing • Made baskets from recy- cled paper • Created winter decorations from recycled materi- als • Valentines and Chinese New Year Crafts • Sent out Seed Ball Kits for club members to plant Other Cool Projects: • Educating peers through social media • Environthon • Texas Mutual Aid fund- raiser • Earth day video presenta- tion • Elementary /Middle school education project

Leadership Awards West Seattle High School Highlights

• Earth Action Letter Writing Campaign

• Article Club: Oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

• Planting seeds Leadership Awards

Jane Pietsch— Persistent Leadership Award Sam Lewis— Outgoing Leadership Award YESC Film & Photo Festival Winning Photos

A Young Kid by Ethan Chiang

Sand & Sky by Annika Weber At the Jetty by Hailey North Owl by Dylan Chiang 1st Ave Light by River Lewis Gosch

Reflection by Liann Downs Do-It-Yourself Crafts Thank You! What a wild year! We at YESC are SO impressed with the amazing projects, events, and advocacy that Earth Service Corps clubs took on this year. With so many wonderful accomplishments, it is clear that COVID-19’s impacts couldn’t damper your enthusi- asm and passion for making a difference for the en- vironment. We are so proud of what you have ac- complished and look forward to seeing what you will accomplish next! -Hadley, Jessie, Julia, Lauren, Robby, Victoria, Chelsey and Geoff The YESC Staff Team