New Roberto Clemente Learns the Art of ReUsing!

Ms. Gonzalez’s 7th grade classes at New Roberto Clemente School reused old common items and made them new again by creating beautiful works of art. Instead of going to the store to buy a new purse, you can take an empty gallon of milk, an old t-shirt, a button, and a necklace and transform it into a purse like Yordenis did. Or for your next party, you can use Fernando’s candle votive made from a plastic soda bottle, aluminum foil, and a candle. Need a vase try Vanilda‘s upside-down light bulb vase or yordenis‘s glass bottle and gift ribbons. Going out tonight, you can try on Amy’s hair pins made from zippers, rubber bands, buttons, and thread or Gabriela’s earrings and bracelet made from soda can tops, ribbons, and hooks. Soila even tried the old t-shirt tote bag idea from our previous newsletter. One of our favorites was Smerlyn’s decorative box made from an old box, keyboard keys, and a USB cord. So you see, we don’t always need to buy new thing and waste money and materials, sometime we can reuse what we already have and save our landfills from added trash. Don’t throw it away, reuse it today! NRC really is Going Green - Awesome!