Chase Street Elementary (CSE) is a historic school in the heart of the Boulevard neighborhood of Athens. It was built in 1922 and was fully renovated in 2007. CSE serves 290 students in grades Pre-K through 5th grade. Before the renovation CSE's outdoor classrooms included picnic tables in a memorial courtyard, a butterfly garden, a pitcherplant bog, vegetable beds, and a native habitat garden. Currently only the native habitat garden remains. The school has an active gardening community that is working hard to bring back the educational areas lost in the renovation.

Chase Street Elementary (CSE) es una escuela histórica en el corazón de la vecindad del bulevar de Atenas. Fue construida en 1922 y renovada completamente en 2007. CSE sirve a 290 estudiantes en los grados Pre-K a través del 5to grado. Antes de la renovación el CSE las salas de clase al aire libre incluyeron las tablas de comida campestre en un patio conmemorativo, un jardín de la mariposa, un pantano pitcherplant, camas vegetales, y un jardín nativo del habitat. Solamente el jardín nativo del habitat permanece actualmente. La escuela tiene una comunidad que cultiva un huerto activa que esté trabajando difícilmente para traer detrás las áreas educativas perdidas en la renovación.

News & Information

Water Volunteer Schedule

Sign up to water those thirsty vegetable beds! Water volunteers water on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday (as needed). I'll send you a reminder and instructions before your week. To sign up, e-mail stacynelliott@gmail.com. Click the title to view the watering schedule.

Box Tops for Education for the Garden Program The money earned from Box Tops from Education now goes to the school gardens!

Chase Street WINS ACC School Recycler of the Year Award 2009 ACC Recycling Division’s School Recycler of the Year is Chase Street Elementary School—Way to Go!! They will be recognized at the 2009 GreenFest Environmental Awards Ceremony.

1000 Faces Coffee Fundraiser The CSE PTO will now have 1000 Faces coffee available for sale as part of the Our Shared Forests Fundraiser. Proceeds go to CSE's Spanish language program and will also help raise awareness about the social and ecological links between Equador and Georgia. Coffee is $10 per pound. Contact Jami Cashin jlcashin@yahoo.com

Chase Street Edible Courtyard Ready for Students to Plant! Chase street families, staff, and members of the community came together on a cold, sunny Saturday in February help build an "Edible Courtyard" outside the school lunchroom. This project is funded by a $2800 Lowe's Toolbox for Education grant and a $1000 grant from the Foundation for Excellence in Education in Clarke County.

Trees for Tomorrow Program/Programa Árboles para un Mañana Planting a SUCCESS! Over 60 volunteers got together on January 19, 2009 and planted more than 40 trees and shrubs on the front lawn of Chase Street Elementary. This project was part of the Trees for Tomorrow program and was a Hands On Northeast Georgia site.

Chase RECYCLES

Chase is proud to report that Chase Street Elementary School is currently working on its fourth year as a Clarke County "Green School". With this in mind, we want to remind you that you are welcome and encouraged to help us RECYCLE...

Age/Grade Level Served:
Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade

EE Programs:
After School Programs, Celebration or Special Event, Club for Students, Committee to Support School-wide EE Efforts

Regular family gardening days. Walk and Bike to School Days the first Friday of each school month. Chase Street Elementary is a stop on the "Inconvenient Ride" 2008 tour (http://www.inconvenientride.com/). The "Green Club" is made up of students working on school projects to help improve our school.

Días que cultivan un huerto de la familia regular. Caminata y bici a los días escolares el primer viernes de cada mes de la escuela. Chase Street Elementary es una parada en el viaje del “paseo incómodo” 2008 (http://www.inconvenientride.com/). Componen al “club verde” de los estudiantes que trabajan en proyectos de la escuela para ayudar a mejorar nuestra escuela.

Green and Healthy School Features and Activities:
Air Quality (Outdoor), Composting, Native Plant Habitat Restoration, Natural Learning and Play Area, Recycling (3-5 material types), Wildlife Habitat Restoration

We have a large recycling effort - and if you would like to participate - we have a dumpster in the bus side parking lot for plastic (#1 and 2) and we also recycle plastic bags here in the
building. We also have a teacher here who will send off printer cartridges for recycling - so you can send them to our school as well.

Our school is a participant in the Safe Routes to School Program. We have a wildlife habitat garden. We recycle paper, plastics, and plastic bags.

Nuestra escuela es un participante en las rutas seguras al programa de la escuela. Tenemos un jardín del habitat de la fauna. Reciclamos el papel, los plásticos, y las bolsas de plástico.

Outdoor Classroom Features:
Bird Feeding Station, Compost Bin or Area, Garden - Butterflies / Insect Pollinators, Garden - Hummingbird Pollinators, Garden - Vegetables or Herbs, Native Plant Landscape, Picnic Tables, Benches, or other Study Sites, Supplemental Water Source for Wildlife, Trees, Forest or Arboretum

Our school has container gardens for class plantings of vegetables and butterfly and pollinator plants.

Nuestra escuela tiene jardines del envase para las plantaciones de la clase de vehículos y de plantas de la mariposa y de la donadora de polen.

Recognition for Excellence in EE:
2009 Georgia Recycling Coalition Recycling Outstanding School Recycling Award
2008-09 $2800 Lowe's Toolbox for Education grant
$1000 grant from the Foundation for Excellence in Education in Clarke CountyAthens Clarke

County Green School 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.

2006 Sams and Aqua Fina national recycling contest - the students collected over 14,000 pounds of plastic bottles! We were given a check from ACC Recycing for $1,400 - plus received a $1000 gift card from Sams and 1000 pullover fleece jackets. Our students each received one of the pullovers that year - and the remaining jackets went to organizations to distribute to children in need of warm clothing.

We have also won a plastic recycled bench from plastic bag recycling.

2008 Georgia Master Gardeners' Association grant - $694

2009 Recycling School of the Year Award ACC

Community Partners in EE:
Athens' Community Tree Council
Athens Master Gardeners
Boulevard Gardening Club
Cashin Construction
G & G Landscape Design
Georgia Master Gardeners
Lotus Landscape Design

Ecoregion(s)
Piedmont (Ecoregion 45)

Riverbasin(s)
Oconee River Basin