GREEN SCHOOL CERTIFICATION

What is Green School

Certification?
MAEOE (Maryland Association of Environmental and
Outdoor Education) is the only certifying body of
Maryland Green Schools

Gains you local and state wide recognition

Primes you as a model for other schools

Increased academic achievement, social and

emotional growth

Sets school up for NWF EcoSchools certification and

U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon
Schools

Certification

Ohr Chadash is going to apply for certification

under MAEOEMaryland Association of
Environmental and Outdoor Education

They certify K-12 public and private schools

To be certified this year we would need to

document things done from September 2014June 2016.

It is a 2 year process

Applications due March 17, 2016

Common
misconceptions:

Its a science thing

We need to make huge changes in the

school

Its so much work

POSITION

Green School
Committee
NAME

Email

Student

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Teacher

Administrator

Parent

Community Partner

Facility Personnel

Options for Community Partners:

Pearlstone Center
Any organization that your school currently works with

Objective 1:Systemic
Sustainability
Use of the environment as a context for learning
3 ways to meet this, must meet all 3:

Environmental Issue Instruction(At least one

example in each grade level)

Professional Development(10% of faculty)

Celebration

School-wide Environmental Behavior

Changes(optional)

Objective 2: Student Driven Sustainability

Practices
Must meet 4 of the 7

Water Conservation and/or Water Pollution Prevention

Energy Conservation

Solid Waste Reduction

Habitat Restoration

Building Structures for Learning about the Environment

Responsible Transportation

Healthy School Environment

Objective 3:Community Partnerships

Community PartnershipsPartner active in

school and school active in community

Awards and Special Recognition(Optional)

Documentation

Pictures of students engaged in the

lesson/activity

Email correspondence with organizations

Pictures of student work

Past Certifications
Beth TfilohMaryland Green School http://
greener.bethtfiloh.com/

Pearlstone CenterMaryland Green Center

http://pearlstonegreencenter.weebly.com/

What are you doing

already?

Vegetable garden

Recycling

Composting

Environmental lessons

Electronic newsletters

Carpooling

Non-toxic cleaning products

?????

What else can you do?

Lots!!!!
Ideas to start with:

Energy Audit

Plant native plants

Tree ID tags

Outdoor environmental art

Bike/walk to school day