John Paul II teacher Rhea Good recently introduced students to Bokashi composting. As the functional integration teacher, Good has made it her mission to broaden her students horizons when it comes to daily living.
The Bokashi method intrigued Good when she came across the composting process last fall. With no smell, fruit flies and all perfectly contained, it seemed like the answer. Later, Tammy MacCormack, environmental manager for the City of North Battleford, did a presentation at John Paul II Collegiate to get the project started.
Since then, the program has expanded beyond the functional integrated program classroom, with coffee grounds being collected from the JP staff room. Light of Christ school division's central office is also participating by contributing their coffee grounds. And teachers Dana Alexander, Deanna Poitras, and Principal Theo Masich at EMBM have started their own Bokashi cycle to create organic fertilizer for their school's garden club.
Going into the spring season, the Bokashi team from JP will be doing three presentations at the Territorial Mall April 28 from 2-3:15 p.m., May 4 from 3:30-6 p.m. and May 5 from 2-3:15 p.m. Discovery Co-op will be a local distributor for starter kits for a Bokashi project, with kits available starting April 28.
