'The Great Crayon Cleanout' a Colorful Success at Saint James the Apostle School

Saint James the Apostle school students from grades PreK-3 through Grade 8 participated in the “The Great Crayon Cleanout” sponsored by the Bedtime Math Foundation in partnership with The Crayon Initiative. For over a month, students scoured their classrooms and homes for unused and/or broken crayons. The PreK students had fun sorting all of the crayons by color. Lower elementary grade students weighed the crayons by color and determined orange was the most collected color at 17 pounds followed by pink/red at 16 pounds.

Saint James collected over 100 pounds of used crayons! Every pound of used crayons can make five new 8-packs of crayons. That’s over 4,000 new crayons (500 8-packs) they collected. The Crayon Initiative will melt down the discarded crayons to manufacture new packs which will be donated to eleven New Jersey children’s hospitals. Students helped reduce clutter in their homes, kept discarded crayons out of landfills and helped make some children's day a little brighter by giving them some tools to unlock their artistic potential.

Saint James the Apostle School has been serving the parishioners of Saint James the Apostle Church in Springfield and surrounding communities since 1953. Saint James the Apostle School offers students from PreK-3 through Grade 8 a Roman Catholic faith-based education which acknowledges each child's individual ability to achieve their fullest potential academically, socially, and spiritually.

Saint James the Apostle School is located at 41 S. Springfield Avenue, Springfield, NJ 07081. Call 973-376-5194 or Email sjschool@sjspringfield.org for more information.