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U.S. Department of Education – 400 Maryland Ave., SW – Washington, DC 20202 www.ed.gov/green-ribbon-schools - www.ed.gov/green-strides Contents List of Tables .............................................................................................................. viii Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1 Director’s Award ........................................................................................................... 8 2020 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools ........................................ 9 Alabama ....................................................................................................................... 9 Magnolia Nature School at Camp McDowell; Nauvoo, Alabama ............................... 9 California .................................................................................................................... 14 Creston Elementary School; Creston, California ..................................................... 14 Edison Elementary School; Alameda, California ..................................................... 18 Anderson W. Clark Magnet High School; La Crescenta, California ......................... 21 Woodside Priory School; Portola Valley, California ................................................. 25 Carmel Unified School District; Carmel, California .................................................. 29 Colorado ..................................................................................................................... 33 Aspen Prep Academy; Greenwood Village, Colorado ............................................. 33 Connecticut ................................................................................................................ 36 Middlebrook School; Wilton, Connecticut ................................................................ 36 Delaware .................................................................................................................... 39 Odyssey Charter School; Wilmington, Delaware ..................................................... 39 Ursuline Academy; Wilmington, Delaware .............................................................. 41 Florida ........................................................................................................................ 45 iii U.S. Department of Education – 400 Maryland Ave., SW – Washington, DC 20202 www.ed.gov/green-ribbon-schools - www.ed.gov/green-strides Highland Elementary School; Lake Worth, Florida .................................................. 45 Martin County School District; Stuart, Florida .......................................................... 47 Georgia ...................................................................................................................... 50 Kennesaw State University; Kennesaw, Georgia .................................................... 50 Hawaii ........................................................................................................................ 55 SEEQS: The School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability; Honolulu, Hawaii ..................................................................................................................... 55 Illinois ......................................................................................................................... 58 Joseph Sears School; Kenilworth, Illinois ................................................................ 58 College of Lake County; Grayslake, Illinois ............................................................. 61 Indiana ....................................................................................................................... 65 Hamilton Southeastern School Corporation; Fishers, Indiana ................................. 65 Kentucky .................................................................................................................... 69 Redwood Cooperative School; Lexington, Kentucky ............................................... 69 Fayette County Public Schools; Lexington, Kentucky ............................................. 72 Maine ......................................................................................................................... 76 Camden Hills Regional High School; Rockport, Maine ............................................ 76 Mount Desert Island High School; Bar Harbor, Maine ............................................. 80 Maryland .................................................................................................................... 84 Oakland Terrace Elementary School; Silver Spring, Maryland ................................ 84 Wellwood International School; Baltimore, Maryland .............................................. 86 Minnesota ................................................................................................................... 89 iv U.S. Department of Education – 400 Maryland Ave., SW – Washington, DC 20202 www.ed.gov/green-ribbon-schools - www.ed.gov/green-strides School of Engineering and Arts; Golden Valley, Minnesota .................................... 89 Missouri ...................................................................................................................... 92 Sunrise Elementary School; DeSoto, Missouri ........................................................ 92 Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School; Ladue, Missouri ..................... 95 Parkway School District; Chesterfield, Missouri ...................................................... 98 Nebraska .................................................................................................................. 102 Mickle Middle School; Lincoln, Nebraska .............................................................. 102 Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart; Omaha, Nebraska ............................... 104 Bayard Public Schools; Bayard, Nebraska ............................................................ 108 Nevada ..................................................................................................................... 110 Truckee Meadows Community College; Reno, Nevada ........................................ 110 New Jersey .............................................................................................................. 113 Cape May City Elementary School; Cape May City, New Jersey .......................... 113 Readington Middle School; Whitehouse Station, New Jersey ............................... 115 New Mexico .............................................................................................................. 119 Coyote Willow Family School; Albuquerque, New Mexico .................................... 119 North Carolina .......................................................................................................... 121 Lincoln Heights Environmental Connections Magnet Elementary School; Fuquay- Varina, North Carolina ........................................................................................... 121