KCP&L gives grant to help students throw it out!

Grant awarded to Pickett Elementary students. Photo courtesy Pickett Elementary.

Kansas City Power and Light awarded students at Pickett Elementary with a check for $1200 to help with the school’s recycling program.

Students in the school’s Save Our Earth group held an assembly Thursday afternoon to announce they are the recipients of the Energizing Our Environment Micro-Grant from KCP&L.

Student Rally. Photo courtesy Pickett Elementary

According to the St. Joseph School District the grant will be used to facilitate a recycling program that will be managed by a student-led environmental group.