Ox Ridge School
The farthest north of Darien's elementary schools, Ox Ridge School sits behind a small, private field where horses roam. The school's Kids Care Club puts together "Holiday Hope Chests" — decorated shoe boxes with small gifts — for children in Norwalk's Family and Children's Agency. The students give out the gifts at the agency's annual Christmas party.
Teacher Annemarie Ekey's third-grade class emphasizes recycling, with students using recycled book boxes (made from old cereal boxes) to carry reading material to different places in the classroom, and a student project in which they put up signs in the cafeteria to ask students to separate milk caps from milk bottles, which is necessary in order for the bottles to be recycled. The students arranged with cafeteria staff to place more recycling bins, and each week, 800 to 900 caps are recycled.
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