Well done to Alaina Brown, a High School of Business™ student at Leipsic High School (OH), for leading her classmates in a recycling project at her school. This environmental service project earned local media attention in the Putnam County Sentinel newspaper.
At school, Alaina was recognized as the HSB/FBLA “Flexer of the Month” for November. Yvette Schroeder, HSB teacher at Leipsic HS, says back in September, Alaina asked if she could organize a recycling project for all the empty water bottles that were being thrown away. The school district received a very large donation of water bottles and she was watching many of the empty bottles end up in the trash can. After watching Alaina take ownership of the project, Yvette thought Alaina needed to be recognized for her efforts.
“At the same time, I was reading about teenage brain development and learned that adolescents’ brains are more capable of change than children or adults, giving them greater ability to actually shape—or flex—their brain’s development,” said Yvette. “With this concept, the ‘Flexer of the Month’ was developed to challenge the students to think outside of the box and flex their brain to accomplish something far greater than what they imagined was possible.”