On
May 8 Messmer High School had its first "Lights Out" day. The whole building participated in order to raise awareness about how
important it is to conserve energy not just at Messmer but around the world.
On this day faculty and staff raised awareness by turning off some of the lights in the classroom and using less
energy. The Director of Campus Ministry, Ms. Anne Haines, manned an informational table at lunch to answer questions about the event. Campus Ministry set up this event
so that everyone in the school could learn how important it is to save energy
and conserve the earth’s natural resources. Also at lunch students and teachers
were asked to limit the amount of waste they use by grabbing less napkins and
using the recycle bins to throw away plastic bottles and other recyclables.
The students could ask Ms. Haines
for other ways to conserve energy as well. Ms. Haines thinks it is
important to participate in this because, “God has called us to be good
stewards of his creation. Its essential to building the Kingdom of God.” Going forward after the "Lights Out" event
Ms. Haines said, “We can limit our use of paper as much as possible. We can turn
out the lights when we leave a room and use natural light as much as possible.
We can use our recycling bins much more than we do. We could also move toward
not using products around the school that are not recyclable/ renewable.”
Along with Ms. Haines, students also
thought that it was a good idea for Mesmer to go green for a day. Junior
Cassandra Hernández said, “I think it was a good idea for Messmer to do this
because it raised awareness of the fact that we need to be more green.” She
also added, “Messmer should have more days that we save energy and get
more schools and businesses to participate so it could have a greater impact.”
This was a great event for Messmer and hopefully we can expand it in the future
not just at Messmer but at all three schools and maybe the city of Milwaukee.
It never hurts to get a little greener so we can fulfill
God’s will for us on earth.
--Contributed
by junior Dominique Steed
