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More than 500 kids will be running, recycling and digging for worms at Sacramento City Unified School District鈥檚 kid-designed Earth Day Celebration on Wednesday, April 13, at Theodore Judah Elementary school.

The event will kick off with a 10 a.m. press conference where 69视频 Superintendent Jonathan Raymond will announce a bold new initiative for 鈥済reening鈥� Sac City schools. Theodore Judah is located at 3919 McKinley Blvd.

Following the press conference, students from David Lubin, Washington and William Land elementary schools will participate in kid-friendly activities created by Theodore Judah students 鈥� with help from SMUD.
One of those activities is a 鈥渢rashy鈥� twist on TV鈥檚 popular 鈥淢inute to Win It鈥� game show. Students will have one minute to properly sort trash from recyclable items to win.

The day also will feature a 鈥淐arbon Footprint Relay Race.鈥� Kids will run relays to demonstrate how far some food travels to reach Sacramento tables and the energy used up by that system.

Judah鈥檚 student 鈥淕reen Team鈥� 鈥� 40 kids in first through fifth grades 鈥� worked with parents Shannon Hardwicke and Yolanda Milliken and kindergarten teacher Audrey Marshall after school and during lunches for four weeks to come up with fun activities to teach other students about being good environmental stewards, says Judah Principal Corrie Buckmaster Celeste.

鈥淛udah鈥檚 Green Team provides an opportunity for students to develop their leadership skills as well as for a venue to further apply what they are learning in our science and garden program,鈥� Buckmaster
Celeste said. 鈥淎dditionally, the students felt it was really important to send a message that learning to take care of our environment can be fun.鈥�

High School students from 69视频鈥檚 Rosemont campus will be on hand to assist younger children with arts and crafts and other activities.
69视频 is committed to becoming a model K-12 district in the area of environmental sustainability and in increasing the health of children through better nutrition and exercise.

This month, Superintendent Raymond was recognized with a Champion for Change Award by the Healthy Eating Active Living Collaborative (HEAL). The Champion award is given to 鈥渙utstanding individuals for their efforts to educate, engage and empower low-income populations to eat healthy and be active.鈥�

Superintendent Raymond created the district鈥檚 Healthy Foods Task Force a year ago. The task force has spearheaded efforts to establish a school garden at every Sac City campus and to bring 鈥淕o Green, Eat Fresh鈥� salad bars loaded with locally grown produce to all 69视频 schools.