Congratulations to GreenKids Schools Earning Maryland Green School Awards!

June 2010 — Nine GreenKids schools are among the 77 Maryland schools this year to earn prestigious Maryland Green School awards.

All nine schools…

Ashburton ES
Bethesda ES
Beverly Farms ES
College Gardens ES
Forest Knolls ES
Garrett Park ES
New Hampshire Estates ES
Sligo Creek ES
Rocky Hill MS

…will complete their two-year GreenKids partnership this spring.

In addition, GreenKids alumni school, North Chevy Chase ES, will receive an award for recertification after four years as a Maryland Green School.

The Maryland Green Schools Award Program, developed and administered by the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE), challenges schools to integrate the environment into all aspects of the school culture, including professional development for teachers, curricular integration, modeling of best management practices inside and outside the school, community involvement, and celebration. It takes a school two years to effectively fulfill the requirements associated with certification, and our GreenKids outreach program has been instrumental to these schools in achieving the needed requirements.

The schools were officially recognized on June 4, 2010 at a ceremony held at Sandy Point State Park as part of the first annual Maryland Green School Youth Summit.