Melissa ISD elementary schools made an outstanding impact in the 2026 H-E-B School Plastic Bag Recycling Challenge, collecting over 184,000 bags among all the elementary campuses. In just one month, students from Willow Wood, North Creek, Sumeer, Highland, and Harry McKillop Elementary worked together to collect plastic bags, helping promote recycling and reduce plastic waste.
Each campus showed incredible community spirit, with every school collecting more than 10,000 bags:
Harry McKillop Elementary: 66,074 bags
Highland Elementary: 45,725 bags
North Creek Elementary: 40,311 bags
Sumeer Elementary: 14,622 bags
Willow Wood Elementary: 17,275 bags
Across the state, 816 schools participated, collecting more than 8.4 million plastic bags and setting a new record for Texas.
Thank you to our students, staff, and families for your commitment to environmental stewardship and for helping Melissa ISD make a powerful difference!