Greenhouse and Composting
MHS is home to a solar greenhouse. It was built in 2004 by students of MHS from lumber from fallen trees. The goal of the greenhouse was to reduce the ecological footprint of the school and to be an example of sustainability. The greenhouse also has a web cam that has operated seasonally. Students who take biology are responsible for planting, watering and harvesting their own section of the greenhouse.
Organic greens grown in the greenhouse were used in the school cafeteria. Food waste from the kitchen and cafeteria have been composted and used in the greenhouse's soil.
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“There is not enough exercise in this way of life. I try to make up by active gymnastics before I dress when I get up, by walking rapidly in the lower hall and the greenhouse after each meal for perhaps five to ten minutes, and a good hand rubbing before going to bed. I eat moderately; drink one cup of coffee at breakfast and one cup of tea at lunch and no other stimulant. My health is now, and usually, excellent.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)