Wickham Elementary News Today

Each grade level collected a different item for the box with a goal of putting together 60 bedtime boxes, which they met and celebrated with a pajama party last month.

A group of fifth- and sixth-graders at Wickham Elementary have worked since November to gather donations to create "bedtime boxes" for Houses into Homes, a local nonprofit.

90% of emissions from the Iowa City Community School District come from buildings and facilities. Of emissions from buildings and facilities, 26% are from old equipment that relies on natural gas. Installing a district-owned solar farm would cost approximately $3.375 million and 7.5 acres of land. In 2006, 5% of electricity generation in Iowa came from wind; in 2019, it was 41%. For those concerned by the warming climate, 2050 is not so far away. At the behest of student activists, Iowa City sc...