2024 Schools For Clean Water Contest

Monday, October 14 at 9:00 a.m. – Monday, October 28 at 9:00 a.m.

2024 Schools for Clean Water Contest Results

Thank you so much to everyone who pledged in this year’s Schools for Clean Water Contest. By checking on your storm drain to make sure it is clean of leaves, trash, and other debris, you are helping keep your local waterways clean and your streets free from flooding.

This year 20 schools brought in a total of 2,051 pledges to adopt storm drains.

Top Winners

Our top three schools did an amazing job bringing in pledges to support clean water. Congratulations!
1. First place ($1,500): Chapman Elementary School (386 pledges + 200 extra credit)
2. Second Place ($1,250): Arno Elementary School (325 pledges +200 extra credit)
3. Third Place ($1,000): Hedke Elementary School (312 pledges + 200 extra credit)

Wild Card Winners

Although they didn’t get enough to place in the top three, our five Wild Card winners all collected more than 100 pledges. These schools are the lucky winners of our random Wild Card drawing for one of five $250 prizes:
• Hunter Elementary School (185 pledges + 200 extra credit)
• Tyler Elementary School (183 pledges +150 extra credit)
• Parsons Elementary School (64 pledges + 200 extra credit)
• Dr. Brenda Hague Early Learning Village (119 pledges + 200 extra credit)
• St. Pius School Southgate (84 pledges + 200 extra credit)

Original Photo by Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for EDUimages

Great Schools

Take the pledge to help local schools win cash for educational supplies and activities. Help kids — maybe even yours — learn good citizenship.

Clean Streams

Clean storm drains mean clean streams. Take the pledge to help keep local waterways clean for everyone to enjoy.

Safe Streets

Clogged storm drains cause flooded streets. Take the pledge to help prevent dangerous flash floods in roadways and neighborhoods.

What is the ADW Schools for Clean Water Contest?

This is a public service campaign to reduce pollution in the “downriver” portion of southern Wayne County, Michigan. Residents pledge to adopt a local storm drain and assign their pledge to a participating school. Schools that collect the most pledges win cash prizes they can use to purchase educational materials or support school projects.

A family of five picks up leaves from a storm drain.

Prizes

Prizes are awarded based on which schools collect the greatest number of pledges.

• First Place: $1,500
• Second Place: $1,250
• Third Place: $1,000

In addition to prizes for the top three, all remaining schools earning at least 100 pledges will be entered into a drawing for one of five “wild card” prizes of $250 each.

Also, all participating schools can earn 1 credit towards becoming a Wayne County Green School.

2024 Student Pledge Posters

Students have the opportunity to sign and submit a Student Pledge Poster, promising to do their part to keep trash out of local storm drains. To earn up to 50 extra credit pledges, schools submitted a photo of the signed poster before the contest ended.

Anderson Elementary
Hunter Elementary
Hunter Elementary
Hunter Elementary
Hunter Elementary
Dr. Brenda Hague Early Learning Village
Tyler Elementary School
Tyler Elementary School
Tyler Elementary School
Tyler Elementary School
Tyler Elementary School
Tyler Elementary School
St. Pius School
St. Pius School
Parsons Elementary
Parsons Elementary
Parsons Elementary
Parsons Elementary
Parsons Elementary
Hedke Elementary
Hedke Elementary
Hedke Elementary
Grosse Ile Township High School
Chapman Elementary
Chapman Elementary
Chapman Elementary
Chapman Elementary
Chapman Elementary
Chapman Elementary
Chapman Elementary
Chapman Elementary
Chapman Elementary
Arno Elementary School
Arno Elementary School
Arno Elementary School
Anderson Elementary
Anderson Elementary

2024 Blue Shirt Days

Schools can earn up to 100 extra credit pledges during the contest by organizing a Blue Shirt Day where students and staff wear a blue shirt. To earn credit, schools submitted a group photo of students wearing blue shirts before the contest ended.