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The Barrel Project 2008

  • 20 local high schools participated.
    • Basha High School
    • Bioscience High School
    • Boulder Creek High School
    • Crittenton Academy
    • Deer Valley High School
    • Desert Mountain High School
    • Desert Vista High School
    • Horizon High School
    • Howard Gray Education Center
    • Marcos de Niza High School

 
    • Mesquite High School
    • Millenium High School
    • Mountain Pointe High School
    • Mountain Ridge High School
    • Paradise Valley High School
    • Sandra Day O’Connor High School
    • Skyline Tech
    • Youngker High School

 
  • 38 reused 55-gallon plastic barrels were painted by the students.
  • 46 teachers and 389 students participated in the project.
  • The participating schools were from 10 different cities and towns.
    • Anthem
    • Buckeye
    • Chandler
    • Gilbert
    • Glendale
    • Goodyear
    • Mesa
    • Tempe
    • Phoenix
    • Scottsdale

  • Each student and teacher participant was given a free pass for admission to the zoo on April 19th, Earth Day.
  • 4,013 votes were cast in the Favorite Barrel Voting Contest (Earth Day attendance was 6,211).
  • The winner of the Favorite Barrel Voting Contest was Marcos de Niza High School.
  • The winner of the Environmental Connections Essay Contest was Howard Gray Education Center (essay by Julie Felicetta).
  • The winner of the Staff Pick for Barrel that best fits the project theme was Mesquite High School Wildcat Ecology Club.
  • Graphics created 50 reusable lids for Favorite Barrel voting on Earth Day. The lids were constructed of reused Coroplast.