Keep Screven Beautiful
Screven County Elementary School
If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in. - Rachel Carson
Youth Clean Community Challenge: Click here to find out how you can take the Youth Clean Community Challenge.
Click here to learn how to green up your classroom!
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ZOOM Class adopts road in front of school
The SCES Zoom Class has adopted Frontage Road in front of the school through our Adopt-a-County Road program. They are also helping start a recycling program at the school.
2nd Annual Screven County RIPPLE Water Festival
Keep Screven Beautiful will participate in the 2nd Annual Screven County RIPPLE Water Festival presented by the Coastal Rivers Water Planning and Policy Center on Tuesday, September 9th, 2008. This event will take place between 8:30am and 2pm at the Screven County Recreation Center.
Modeled after the state wide "Winning Water" festival attended by hundreds of children throughout Georgia, this event will include hands-on sessions featuring topics like water conservation, the hydrologic cycle, ground water, recycling, watershed education and water resource management.
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Green is the New Red, White and Blue
Candy Sheppard’s 2nd Grade Class hosted a reception for their “Green, It’s the new Red, White and Blue” class program on Tuesday, May 20th. Click here to view the program.
4th graders learn about the Water Cycle
Keep Screven Beautiful sponsored a "Water Cycle Bracelets" station at the “Making Ripples Through Water Education” festival on Thursday, May 1st. This event, held at the Screven County Recreation Center invited all fourth graders at the Screven County Elementary School to participate.
Visit http://www.coastalrivers.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=80&Itemid=110 for details.
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4th graders learn to plant trees
Around 20 FFA students from SCHS helped over 200 students plant over 400 pine seedlings at the Screven County Recreation Department on March 14th. See Education at Screven County High School for more photos.
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Georgia Arbor Day
KSB members Byron Haire, Stan Sheppard, Katherine Weeks (also with the Garden Club) and Lisa Guidos along with Caroline Pope of the Georgia Forestry Commission helped Gloria Parker and Marti Odom of the Screven County Garden Club plant two trees at SCES. They planted a Bradford Pear and two Cherry Bark Oaks that were donated to KSB by our State Representative Jon Burns through the Georgia Forestry Commission Seedling Program.
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Last updated: August 13, 2008
Mission Statement
The Keep Screven Beautiful Commission encourages and educates all citizens of Screven County to end litter, minimize solid waste and beautify our county. The Commission works toward improving litter and solid waste control ordinances and seeks effective enforcement of all pertinent ordinances.
Keep Screven Beautiful
412 Pine Street
Sylvania, GA 30467
Phone: 912.564.9171
Email: Lisa.Guidos@KeepScrevenBeautiful.com
