Rain Barrel Project

Rain-collection system comes to PB Middle, Franklin Elementary schools


Posted: Thursday, February 11th 2016

Rain Barrel

Franklin Elementary and Pacific Beach Middle School students will be watching for every drop of rain, thanks to a rain-collection system installed with a grant from the US-Israel Center on Innovation and Economic Sustainability at the UC San Diego Rady School of Management.

The system was developed in Israel by former teacher Amir Yechieli, who installed Israel's first water catchment systems at elementary schools 16 years ago. Today, Yechieli's business, Rain Harvest, serves over 140 schools in Israel. Yechieli was on hand to supervise the installations.

Franklin and PB Middle students helped install the system and will be recording the amounts collected with help from UC San Diego students.

The water will be used to nourish the school gardens.

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Located in its namesake neighborhood, Pacific Beach Middle School is an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program (IB MYP) school. International Baccalaureate® is an internationally recognized nonprofit educational foundation based in Switzerland. The IB MYP provides a broad base of disciplines to ensure that students acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to prepare for the future. PB Middle's provides a nurturing environment that fosters curiosity, critical thinking and a passion for learning, and which allows students to grow into resourceful and responsible citizens. Through interaction with teachers, students become effective problem solvers, lifelong learners and successful communicators.

Franklin Elementary School has been a fixture in the Kensington neighborhood for more than 85 years. Franklin prides itself on its challenging curriculum, through which teachers nurture each individual student's strengths, skills and talents, focusing on hands-on, minds-on learning through inquiry and project-based integrated STEAM units of study. The faculty is committed to meeting the needs of all students in a rapidly changing world, and helping them learn how to soar to success. Students are challenged to lead, to serve, to make decisions, and to accept responsibilities for their actions. They are taught and encouraged to show respectful and responsible behavior by making good choices, cooperating with others, and doing their best at all times.

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