Birdhouse @ Reedy Fork Ele.

 

Reedy Fork Elementary School has these little birdhouses hanging from the trees at their front entrance.

I recently visited Reedy Fork Elementary School to volunteer, it was my first time there and I was pleasantly surprised. What I found was a great school, with great staff, nestled in the middle of the Reedy Fork neighborhood. Based on the articles that were hanging on the wall, Reedy Fork is a school that does some wonderful things for our children and our environment.

Reedy Fork has 85,856 square feet and includes classrooms for 725 students plus dining, multi-purpose room, science, art, music, computer, media center and administration facilities. The school uses a rainwater harvesting system to reduce water consumption throughout the school. Rainwater is collected from the roof area of the school and stored in a 45,000-gallon underground storage tank. The rainwater is then pumped from the tank to the school, filtered, chlorinated, dyed light blue and used for flushing each toilet in the school. By using rainwater for toilet flushing, the school is able to save over 767,000 gallons of water that would otherwise be purchased from the City of Greensboro, representing 94% of the water used for toilet flushing each year.

An article from the News-Record can be found here: