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Press Release
	FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Release # 06-29 June 8, 2006 CONTACT: Vito A. Turso / Ana Lafe (646) 885-5020

Local students win cash prizes for their schools in Sanitation's 2006 "Golden Apple Awards"

Sanitation Commissioner John J. Doherty today announced the winning schools for the 2006 Golden Apple Awards. School projects focusing on recycling, waste prevention, and neighborhood beautification received honors and cash prizes from the NYC Department of Sanitation.

The annual competition (open only to schools in New York City) consisted of three contests: TrashMasters! Super Recyclers, showcasing model NYC school recycling programs; TrashMasters! Reduce and Reuse Challenge, rewarding innovative waste prevention practices; and TrashMasters! Team Up to Clean Up, which for the past 28 years has encouraged students to clean up and beautify their schools and neighborhoods.

In each Golden Apple Awards contest, schools competed within their grade division (elementary, intermediate, or high school) for borough and citywide honors by conceiving and completing cross-curriculum projects that met standards established by the New York State Department of Education.

The Golden Apple Awards represents one of a handful of competitions in the entire country that requires the submission of real-world results. Schools entering the contests must demonstrate their students' efforts with essays, photos, drawings, and other classroom work. Submissions are judged by officials from the Departments of Education and Sanitation, and representatives from several local environmental organizations.

The Citywide Winner schools received $6,000 each; Borough Winners, $3,000; Runners-Up, $1,500; and Honorable Mention, $750.

Commissioner Doherty said: "This year's outstanding project entries demonstrated how teachers from different subject areas and their students can collaborate to accomplish inspiring beautification and waste prevention initiatives. I applaud the efforts of every student and every teacher who participated in these projects."

The complete list of winning schools and descriptions of their projects is posted on the Department of Sanitation's waste prevention website, www.nyc.gov/nycwasteless/goldenapple.

NYC Department of Sanitation
2006 Golden Apple Awards Winners

*TrashMasters! Super Recyclers*
Grade Division	Borough	Award	Prize	School Name
Elementary	Queens	Borough & Citywide Winner	$6,000	Ramon Suarez PS 239
Elementary	Queens	Borough Runner-Up	$1,500	David Porter PS 94
Elementary	Brooklyn	Borough Winner	$3,000	Roberto Clemente PS 19
Intermediate	Brooklyn	Borough Honorable Mention	$750	Mark Hopkins IS 33
Intermediate	Brooklyn	Borough Honorable Mention	$750	IS 330 Urban Assembly School for the Urban Environment
High School	Manhattan	Borough Honorable Mention	$750	High School for Environmental Studies
High School	Brooklyn	Borough Notable Mention	(n/a)	E.R. Murrow High School

*TrashMasters! Reduce and Reuse Challenge*
Grade Division	Borough	Award	Prize	School Name
Elementary	Queens	Borough & Citywide Winner	$6,000	Ramon Suarez PS 239
Elementary	Queens	Borough Runner-Up	$1,500	Alexander Graham Bell PS 205
Elementary	Queens	Borough Honorable Mention	$750	David Porter PS 94
Elementary	Brooklyn	Borough Winner	$3,000	E C Blum PS 46
Elementary	Staten Island	Borough Winner	$3,000	Graniteville PS 22
Intermediate	Queens	Borough & Citywide Winner	$6,000	P 233 @ 827
Intermediate	Queens	Borough Honorable Mention	$750	IS 87 Q
Intermediate	Brooklyn	Borough Honorable Mention	$750	John Ericsson JHS 126
High School	Brooklyn	Borough Winner	$3,000	Roy Campanella OTC P721K
High School	Queens	Borough Honorable Mention	$750	P 233 Q @ 875

*TrashMasters! Team Up to Clean Up*
Grade Division	Borough	Award	Prize	School Name
Elementary	Manhattan	Borough & Citywide Winner	$6,000	Franklin Delano Roosevelt PS 34
Elementary	Queens	Borough Winner	$3,000	Alexander Graham Bell PS 205
Elementary	Queens	Borough Runner-Up + NYRP Rose Award	$1,500	PS 224 @ 26Q Rufus King School
Elementary	Brooklyn	Borough Winner	$3,000	P 369 K @ 67 Coy L Cox School
Intermediate	Queens	Borough & Citywide Winner	$6,000	Chris Galas PS 47
High School	Staten Island	Borough & Citywide Winner	$6,000	St. Joseph Hill Academy
High School	Bronx	Borough Honorable Mention	$750	Bronx Expeditionary Learning High School
High School	Brooklyn	Borough Honorable Mention	$750	W.E.B. DuBois High School

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