Floral Street Elementary Receives Solar for Outdoor Classroom

Floral Street Elementary School held a dedication ceremony yesterday for the new solar equipment placed in the outdoor classroom campus area of the school.

The equipment was purchased with monies from Avidia Bank and EcoMedia and is expected to be installed over the summer.　

The outdoor classroom area of the Floral Street school allows students to learn about all things natural, environmental, and sustainable.The area is used by both parents and students throughout the year.

"Avidia Bank and EcoMedia partnered on this community outreach project to fund learning tools needed to advance the school’s energy education," a press release reads. "The project was funded through Avidia Bank’s participation in EcoMedia’s "EcoAd" advertising initiative. As a partner, Avidia Bank purchased advertising on local CBS stations featuring the EcoAd leaf meaning Avidia Bank would participate in community and environmental improvements funded by EcoAd grants."

According to the press release, the purchase of every EcoAd package allows a portion of the dollars spent to go directly toward funding environmental and clean energy projects, all of which have been identified by local municipalities and public entities as being critical. EcoAd advertising packages are available across CBS platforms, including network, local television, radio, outdoor, and online.

Floral Street School services kids in grades one through four and its mission is "working together, planting the seed of lifelong learning, cultivating cooperation, compassion and confidence, building integrity in a respectful community, our gift to the future."

Through an EcoMedia partnership with the Foundation for Environmental Education, this project will continue to support its national Solar Schools Initiative.

"We at EcoMedia are thrilled to partner with Avidia Bank on this solar project that will help teach the students at Floral Street Elementary School about the importance of energy efficiency and taking care of our environment and the world around us," said EcoMedia president Paul Polizzotto. "We are grateful to Avidia Bank for their commitment to community and investment in quality of life for the next generation."

This project was also made possible thanks to the generosity of Selco and Alteris Renewables.

Since 2002, EcoMedia has been building public-private partnerships that direct advertising revenues to support initiatives that protect the environment. EcoMedia's projects include diverting pollution from the oceans, safeguarding endangered fishing habitats, providing harbor and watershed protection, promoting recycling and ridesharing, conserving energy and water, planting trees and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.