A student walks merrily on his way to first hour, not particularly interested in going to Calculus. Before entering math class, he finds himself losing his footing and finds his face flat against the floor. Those darn banana peels. This is why there is Earth Day – to save people from banana peels and, more importantly, to clean up the area around them and make the world a better place. Cannon Falls High School organizations Interact and NHS at Cannon Falls high school took a step on Tuesday to benefit the quaint town of Cannon Falls. Interact member McKenna Bauer goes on to explain why the organizations have put in the effort to help. “Cannon Falls is where we live and everybody is starting to go outside for spring

…we’re going to pick up around town and the school because we live here….Why would we want a dirty earth?”  Bauer goes on to say how and when they will continue to help this great cause. “We’re doing it around one in the afternoon on Sunday, and we will go as long as it takes, but it won’t take long because a lot of us are going to help.” Bauer has a positive perspective, just like NHS Co-Advisor Deb Klegin.

“It was in conjunction with Earth Day and we wanted to clean up the school grounds,” says Klegin. “ We have lots of activities coming up: prom, graduation, our big academics ceremony is in the middle of May, and sports.” The clean for Earth Day will benefit the girls in five inch heels who have fears of banana peels at prom as well as hurdlers on the track who don’t want to trip and die due to a Rice Krispy wrapper that looks appealing. Klegin goes on to describe how the cleanup will also benefit custodian workers who spend too much time cleaning as it is.

National Honor Society put forth some of it’s best to clean up around the school on Tuesday, such as Austin Noble, Jordan Lundell, and Ryan Foster. NHS president Ryan Foster explains how the day went with a couple of guys on a quest to clean at the school. “I needed to make sure we had people to participate and kind of help us clean, because I can’t do it alone. It took us about an hour. There were about six of us that showed up and  we walked around the school. We found there was more trash than we thought we would find. It was overall a success.”

One may wonder: how can I help for Earth Day? The answer is simple. Join NHS or Interact to make the difference. According to Klegin, “To become a member of national honor society, we give each junior and senior who has cumulative G.P.A. of 3.3 or better an application in the middle of September….They need to get a letter of recommendation and then application will go in front of panel of teachers.” Klegin also goes on to say that students must possess traits such as leadership to become a part of NHS – ultimately saving others from the terrors of those darn banana peels.