Highlights from the 2017 Honorees U.S. Department of Education - 400 Maryland Ave, SW - Washington, DC 20202 www.ed.gov/green-ribbon-schools - www.ed.gov/green-strides Table of Contents Table of Contents ....................................................................................................... 2 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 7 Honorees at a Glance .............................................................................................. 13 2017 Director’s Award .............................................................................................. 14 2017 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools ................................... 15 Alabama ..................................................................................................................... 15 Childersburg Elementary School, Childersburg, Ala................................................ 15 Sycamore School, Sycamore, Ala. .......................................................................... 16 University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala. ........................................ 18 California .................................................................................................................... 21 Yosemite High School, Merced, Calif. ..................................................................... 21 The Thacher School, Ojai, Calif............................................................................... 24 Culver City Unified School District, California .......................................................... 27 Montecito Union School District, Santa Barbara, Calif. ........................................... 30 Redondo Beach Unified School District, California.................................................. 32 Colorado ..................................................................................................................... 34 Sedalia Elementary School, Sedalia, Colo. ............................................................. 34 Colorado Mountain College, Glenwood Springs, Colo. ........................................... 36 Connecticut ................................................................................................................ 39 Moriarty Environmental Sciences Magnet School, Norwich, Conn. ......................... 39 Delaware .................................................................................................................... 42 2 U.S. Department of Education - 400 Maryland Ave, SW - Washington, DC 20202 www.ed.gov/green-ribbon-schools - www.ed.gov/green-strides Forwood Elementary School, Wilmington, Del. ....................................................... 42 F. Neil Postlethwait Middle School, South Camden, Del. ........................................ 43 U.S. Department of Defense Education Agency ........................................................ 45 Tarawa Terrace Elementary School, Tarawa Terrace, N.C. .................................... 45 Florida ........................................................................................................................ 46 Castle Creek Elementary School, Orlando, Fla. ...................................................... 46 Surfside Elementary School, Satellite Beach, Fla. .................................................. 48 Wilton Manors Elementary School, Wilton Manors, Fla. .......................................... 50 Air Base K-8 Center, Homestead, Fla. .................................................................... 53 Duval County Public Schools, Jacksonville, Florida ................................................ 55 Georgia ...................................................................................................................... 57 Gilbert Elementary School, La Fayette, Ga. ............................................................ 57 Kinchafoonee Primary School, Leesburg, Ga. ........................................................ 59 Morningside Elementary School, Atlanta, Ga. ......................................................... 61 The University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. ................................................................... 63 Illinois ......................................................................................................................... 66 Maercker Intermediate School, Westmont, Ill. ......................................................... 66 Chiaravalle Montessori School, Evanston, Ill. ......................................................... 67 Indiana ....................................................................................................................... 69 Burris Laboratory School, Muncie, Ind. ................................................................... 69 Bethany Christian Schools, Goshen, Ind. ................................................................ 70 Iowa ............................................................................................................................ 72 3 U.S. Department of Education - 400 Maryland Ave, SW - Washington, DC 20202 www.ed.gov/green-ribbon-schools - www.ed.gov/green-strides Iowa Lakes Community College, Estherville, Ia....................................................... 72 Kentucky .................................................................................................................... 75 Morton Middle School, Lexington, Ky. ..................................................................... 75 Louisiana .................................................................................................................... 77 Belle Chasse Academy, Belle Chasse, La. ............................................................. 77 Mayfair Laboratory School, Baton Rouge, La. ......................................................... 79 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La. ......................................................... 81 Maryland .................................................................................................................... 84 William Tyler Page Elementary School, Silver Spring, Md. ..................................... 84 John Poole Middle School, Poolesville, Md. ............................................................ 86 Minnesota ................................................................................................................... 88 Edgewood Early Childhood & La ola del lago Spanish Immersion School, Prior Lake, Minn. .............................................................................................................. 88 Pilot Knob STEM Magnet School, Eagan, Minn. ..................................................... 91 Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Minn. .................................................................. 93 Missouri ...................................................................................................................... 95 McKelvey Elementary School, Maryland Heights, Mo. ............................................ 95 Parkway North High School, St. Louis, Mo. ............................................................. 97 Maplewood Richmond Heights Middle School, Maplewood, Mo. ............................ 99 Montana ................................................................................................................... 101 Whitefish School District, Montana ........................................................................ 101 Nebraska .................................................................................................................. 105 4 U.S. Department of Education - 400 Maryland Ave, SW - Washington, DC 20202 www.ed.gov/green-ribbon-schools - www.ed.gov/green-strides Chandler View Elementary School, Omaha, Neb. ................................................. 105 Omaha Northwest High Magnet School, Omaha, Neb. ......................................... 107 New Hampshire ........................................................................................................ 109 Keene State College, Keene, N.H. ........................................................................ 109 New Jersey .............................................................................................................. 112 George L. Catrambone Elementary School, Long Branch, N.J. ............................ 112 Long Branch Middle School, Long Branch, N.J. .................................................... 114 New Mexico .............................................................................................................. 115 Sandia Vista Elementary School, Rio Rancho, N.M. ............................................. 115 Ohio .......................................................................................................................... 117 Lakewood Catholic Academy, Lakewood, Ohio .................................................... 117 Oregon ..................................................................................................................... 119 Portland Waldorf School, Milwaukie, Ore. ............................................................. 119 Pennsylvania ............................................................................................................ 121 Coebourn Elementary School, Brookhaven, Penn. ............................................... 121 The School District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania................................................