Recycling with Mr. Tuggle

    The week before spring break, April 5th - 9th, at Gulf Shores Middle School, Mr. Wil Tuggle had Lisa Miles from the Baldwin County Extension Office come in and talk to the students of his fifth period class about how important it is to recycle. Mr. Tuggle's fifth period class has been working around the school this year to make it better by recycling. Ms. Miles told the students that it takes a long time for something to decompose so it would be hurting our planet to just throw it away.  Instead, she told the students how it would heal our planet if more people would recycle. They also discussed the many different ways recycling could help our community and they talked about how recycling is not the only way to help.
       Instead of recycling, people could turn off lights and unplug their phone chargers when they're not being used, or they can conserve water. They talked about how people can make a huge difference if they just commit to living smarter or even just choosing to recycle instead of tossing everything in the trash can. 
    The students in Mr. Tuggle's fifth period class feel very strongly about the matter Kali Templeton, an 8th grader in Mr. Tuggle's fifth period class said, "The lady taught us so much about recycling and fit it into only two days I learned so much more about recycling and the many other ways to help our community and our planet. I believe that we could all help out in the littlest things we do every day. I'm glad and proud to say I was able to help our school with all the projects we have done in Mr. Tuggle's class. " Shelby Parker added, " The information that she gave us was helpful, but it was so much to learn in two days." Savannah Kichler said, "She taught us about how much we put into the ground trash and that some of it will be there forever. She made us think about what we really do with our trash". 

By: Ginny Taylor, 8th grade

Lisa Miles from the Baldwin County Extension Office
informs Mr. Tuggle's 5th period agricultural class
 about energy conservation and recycling
Photo By: Mr. William Tuggle

Mr. Tuggle's guest speaker informs his 5th period agricultural class
Lisa Miles from the Baldwin County Extension Office
informs Mr. Tuggle's 5th period agricultural class
 about energy conservation and recycling
Photo By: Mr. William Tuggle