AMARILLO, TEXAS -- Travis Middle School now has $1500 after winning the Kids Inc. Donor Days competition during the Coffee Memorial Blood Drive.
The school got two checks Thursday in a ceremony in front of all the teachers at the school. The money will be used to buy a big recycle dump bin. That should make it easier for the Green Team to recycle the paper for the entire school.
The second check will be used for landscaping and planting water- efficient foliage in front of the school. "We just started a green team with the kids and i and we're thinking of ways we could, especially in amarillo, how we could conserve national resources. It's in our TEKS to teach that and we just thought one way we could do it was to plant responsibly so we're enhancing our environment while making it beautiful also," said Mikela Dodson, a 7th Grade Science teacher and head of the Green Team.
The complete list of winners is as follows:
High School level -- Tascosa High School with 41 votes
Middle School level -- Travis Middle School with 42 votes
The top two elementary schools are officially tied at 17 votes each:
Alice Landergin and South Georgia Elementary will be splitting the $1000 at $500 each.
Both schools will receive $650 in Farley Bucks.
Margaret Wills, Reeves Hinger and Ridgecrest (all tied at 7) will also each receive $650 in Farley Bucks for being in the top 5 places.
