Award
Honors Schools, Districts and Postsecondary Institutions for Reducing
Environmental Impact and Costs, Improving Health and Wellness, Offering Effective
Sustainability Education
The U.S. Department of Education today released the names
of the 2018 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools, District
Sustainability Awardees, and Postsecondary Sustainability Awardees. Across the
country, 46 schools, six districts, and six postsecondary institutions are
being honored for their innovative efforts to reduce environmental impact and
utility costs, improve health and wellness, and ensure effective sustainability
education. A state education official was also honored for her efforts to
advance school sustainability in the state of Florida.
“I commend each school, district and institution of
higher education for their efforts to create a healthy, safe and cost-efficient
learning environment for students, faculty and staff,” said U.S. Secretary of
Education Betsy DeVos. “These schools
have done innovative work to help prepare students for the challenges of the
21st Century while also teaching them how to be good stewards of the
environment.”
The honorees were named from a pool of candidates
nominated by 25 states and the Department of Defense Department of Education
Activity. The selectees include 40 public schools, including two magnet schools
and two charter schools, as well as six nonpublic schools. Forty-five percent
of the 2018 honorees serve a disadvantaged student body.
The list of all selected schools, districts,
colleges, and universities, as well as their nomination packages, can be found here.
A report with highlights on the 58 honorees 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 can be found here.
Following is the list of 2018 U.S. Department of
Education Green Ribbon Schools, District Sustainability Award, and
Postsecondary Sustainability Award honorees:
Alabama
Legacy Elementary School
Madison, AL
Woodland Forrest
Elementary School
Tuscaloosa, AL
Jacksonville State
University
Jacksonville, AL
California
Monterey Road
Elementary School
Atascadero, CA
Top of the World
Elementary School
Laguna Beach, CA
Maple Village Waldorf
School
Long Beach, CA
Jack London Community
Day School
Valley Glen, CA
Tahoe Truckee Unified
School District
Truckee, CA
Colorado
Central High School
Grand Junction, CO
Mackintosh Academy
Littleton, CO
Connecticut
Western Connecticut
Academy for International Studies Elementary Magnet School
Danbury, CT
Delaware
Emalea P. Warner
Elementary School
Wilmington, DE
Department
of Defense Education Activity
Spangdahlem Middle
School
Spangdahlem, Germany
Florida
Gove Elementary School
Belle Glade, FL
Georgia
Charles R. Drew Charter
School
Atlanta, GA
Godley Station K-8
School
Savannah, GA
Saddle Ridge Elementary
Middle School
Rock Springs, GA
Lanier High School
Sugar Hill, GA
Georgia Southern
University
Statesboro, GA
Hawaii
Honowai Elementary
School
Waipahu, HI
Illinois
Monroe Elementary
School
Hinsdale, IL
Southside Occupational
Academy
Chicago, IL
Wolcott School
Chicago, IL
University of Illinois
at Chicago
Chicago, IL
Iowa
St. Columbkille
Elementary School
Dubuque, IA
Kansas
Manhattan-Ogden Unified
School District
Manhattan, KS
Kentucky
Meadowthorpe Elementary
School
Lexington, KY
Maryland
Newport Mill Middle
School
Kensington, MD
Manchester Valley High
School
Manchester, MD
Massachusetts
Arlington Public
Schools
Arlington, MA
Mendon-Upton Regional
School District
Mendon, MA
Minnesota
North Park Elementary
School
Fridley, MN
Moreland Arts and
Health Science Magnet School
West St. Paul, MN
River’s Edge Academy
School
St. Paul, MN
Gustavus Adolphus
College
St. Peter, MN
Missouri
Bellerive Elementary
School
Creve Coeur, MO
Green Trails Elementary
School
Chesterfield, MO
W.W. Keysor Elementary
School
Kirkwood, MO
St. Louis University
High School
St. Louis, MO
Montana
Superior School
District
Superior, MT
New
Jersey
Highland Regional High
School
Blackwood, NJ
North Brunswick
Township High School
Brunswick, NJ
New
York
Park Avenue Elementary
School
Warwick, NY
Warwick Valley High
School
Warwick, NY
Ohio
Magnificat High School
Rocky River, OH
Pennsylvania
Wexford Elementary
School
Wexford, PA
Mt. Lebanon High School
Pittsburgh, PA
Rhode
Island
Potter-Burns Elementary
School
Pawtucket, RI
The University of Rhode
Island
Kingston, RI
Virginia
Lanier Middle School
Fairfax, VA
Henry County Public
Schools
Collinsville, VA
Washington
Broad View Elementary
School
Oak Harbor, WA
Carnation Elementary
School
Carnation, WA
Eatonville Elementary
School
Eatonville, WA
Weyerhaeuser Elementary
School
Eatonville, WA
Wisconsin
Brooklyn Elementary
School
Oregon, WI
Oregon Middle School
Oregon, WI
Gateway Technical
College
Kenosha, WI
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