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Congratulations to the Green Ribbon School Awardees from Chesapeake Watershed States!

by
Sarah Brzezinski

The ED-Green Ribbon Schools and District Sustainability Awards recognize schools and school systems for reducing their environmental impact, including energy use, waste and water; creating healthy learning environments and fostering wellness practices; and providing effective environmental education that prepares students to succeed in the 21st century, including STEM, green careers, and civics.

Here in the mid-Atlantic, join us in congratulating the following Chesapeake Bay watershed state 2013 Green Ribbon Schools and District Sustainability awardees for their tremendous efforts!

District of Columbia

  • Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School from Washington, DC
  • Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School from Washington, DC
  • Woodrow Wilson High School from Washington, DC

Delaware

  • St. Andrew’s School from Middletown, DE

Maryland

  • Cedar Grove Elementary School from Germantown, MD
  • Summit Hall Elementary School from Gaithersburg, MD
  • Montgomery County Public Schools

New York

  • Crompond School from Yorktown Heights, NY
  • PS 057 Hubert H. Humphrey from Staten Island, NY
  • Rye Country Day School from Rye, NY

Pennsylvania

  • Albert M. Greenfield Elementary School from Philadelphia, PA
  • Broughal Community Middle School from Bethlehem, PA
  • Nazareth Area Middle School from Nazareth, PA
  • Westtown School from West Chester, PA
  • Lower Merion School District

Virginia

  • Stony Point Elementary School from Keswick, VA
  • Magna Vista High School from Ridgeway, VA

West Virginia

  • Hometown Elementary School from Red House, WV
  • Petersburg Elementary School from Petersburg, WV
  • Marshall County Schools

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality Nancy Sutley, Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Bob Persiacepe, and Deputy Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Janey Thornton will honor all of the U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools and District Sustainability Awardees at 9:45 a.m. ET on Monday, June 3rd. You can follow the event live on Twitter from @EDGreenRibbon and can join the Twitter conversation by adding #EDGreenRibbon to all your tweets!

The list of all selected schools and districts, as well as their nomination packages, can be found here. More information on the federal recognition award can be found here. Resources for all schools to move toward the three Pillars in which the 2013 honorees are exemplary can be found here. Information on the inaugural 2012 Green Ribbon School awardees from Chesapeake Bay watershed states is available here.