Once again, 100% of Calvert County public schools are certified as Maryland Green Schools.
The following seven schools were recertified this year: Appeal Elementary, Calvert Elementary, Calvert Middle, Huntingtown High, Saint Leonard Elementary, Sunderland Elementary, and Windy Hill Elementary.
Schools must report and document their efforts every four years to remain certified. To obtain recertification, each school must document its actions towards waste reduction, decreased pollution, habitat restoration, energy conservation, and creating healthy learning environments. Additionally, each school must demonstrate that the teaching staff is exposed to current environmental topics through professional development opportunities and must prove that the environment is used as a context of learning in the classroom.
According to the Maryland Association for Environmental & Outdoor Education, the Maryland Green School Program fosters an approach that incorporates environmental issue investigation with environmental best management practices, while promoting community awareness and involvement. Through this program, a school is able to cultivate environmental stewardship that matriculates outside of the school into the community.
Green School Specialist for the school system, Sheila Tayman, said, “This success is owed to the dedicated administrative staff, teaching staff, building service workers, and students. Without this orchestrated movement, the school system would not be able to maintain a 100% success rate. This success rate is a testament that our school system is moving towards a sustainable future.”
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Media Contact:
Gail Hoerauf-Bennett
The following seven schools were recertified this year: Appeal Elementary, Calvert Elementary, Calvert Middle, Huntingtown High, Saint Leonard Elementary, Sunderland Elementary, and Windy Hill Elementary.
Schools must report and document their efforts every four years to remain certified. To obtain recertification, each school must document its actions towards waste reduction, decreased pollution, habitat restoration, energy conservation, and creating healthy learning environments. Additionally, each school must demonstrate that the teaching staff is exposed to current environmental topics through professional development opportunities and must prove that the environment is used as a context of learning in the classroom.
According to the Maryland Association for Environmental & Outdoor Education, the Maryland Green School Program fosters an approach that incorporates environmental issue investigation with environmental best management practices, while promoting community awareness and involvement. Through this program, a school is able to cultivate environmental stewardship that matriculates outside of the school into the community.
Green School Specialist for the school system, Sheila Tayman, said, “This success is owed to the dedicated administrative staff, teaching staff, building service workers, and students. Without this orchestrated movement, the school system would not be able to maintain a 100% success rate. This success rate is a testament that our school system is moving towards a sustainable future.”
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Media Contact:
Gail Hoerauf-Bennett