BAKER — Drinking milk builds strong bodies and could help Baker School students win enough money in a design competition to acquire a hydroponics greenhouse.
“They’re into engineering and into growing things,” secondary math, STEM and physics teacher Stacy Burlison said.
Ten students in Burlison’s middle school classes spent several weeks collecting empty milk cartons from school lunches for Evergreen Packaging’s Made By Milk carton construction contest.
Burlison said the students spent many lunch periods in her classroom designing, painting and assembling their milk carton sculpture for competition.
“We put out a container in the lunch room to collect milk cartons,” Burlison said. “We rinsed some out and the ROTC rinsed some out for us. We love the ROTC. No job’s too small for them.”
Despite everyone’s best efforts, the milk cartons tended to ripen, she said.
“Those milk cartons do not smell good,” she said. “This was definitely the smelliest competition I’ve ever done with the kids.”
But the result was impressive. The sprawling creation featured a Baker Gator flanking the school’s columned façade and gold “BAKER GATORS” lettering, all made of milk cartons.
“It turned out so awesome,” Burlison said. “I’m so proud of them. My kids never cease to amaze me.”
Baker's entry beat the Nov. 19 submission deadline. Next comes Evergreen Packaging’s judging, and the public's. The winning school can win up to $5,000.
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