GREEN SCHOOL INITIATIVE 2022/23 UPDATES!!
We’ve changed a few things about how we certify classrooms and schools for the Green School Initiative. We are providing more ways to become a green school! Students can participate in green activities that will count for your certification. With your guidance and encouragement, your students will make a difference in their community throughout the current virtual learning journey.
The Green School Initiative encourages teachers to bring activities that offer ecological enrichment and appreciation for the natural world into their classroom. Those that participate are called Green Teachers and when a school has five Green Teachers, the school can become a certified Cobb County Green School. Green Classrooms and Schools are recognized annually for their efforts.
The Green School Initiative is a program of the Cobb County Water System’s Watershed Stewardship and Water Efficiency Programs, Cobb County Parks Natural Resource Management, and Keep Cobb Beautiful.
The purpose of this initiative is to recognize schools in Cobb County with an active environmental education program and encourage other schools to develop environmentally based education initiatives within their schools.
The primary focus of the program is developing a basic knowledge and understanding of the importance of conserving and preserving our environment. The program annually recognizes Cobb County classrooms and schools that have met the Green School requirements. These schools are recognized for participating in activities that promote good environmental stewardship.
Award-Winning School!
Cobb County Green School Initiative also awards a Green School Silver and Gold Medal award.
A Green School Silver Medal Award:
10 -14 Green Classrooms (10 - 14 teachers doing five earth-friendly activities throughout the year and submitting their completed Activities Log)
A Green School Gold Medal Award:
15 or more Green Classrooms (15+ teachers doing five earth-friendly activities throughout the year and submitting their completed Activities Log)
Become A Green School
It is easy being green!
The Green School Initiative is open to all public and private schools in Cobb County, grades K-12.
To qualify as a Green Classroom a teacher must complete five environmentally based lesson plans per year. This can be any environmentally beneficial project, a lesson plan of your own, a facility tour, or presentations by one of the Cobb County Green School Coordinators. After the projects are completed, submit a completed activity log that explains the 5 activities, including: The names, dates, duration, brief description, number of students, and what the students learned. This information may be provided on our online form, or the form can be printed and mailed to Green School Initiative, 662 South Cobb Dr. Marietta, GA 30060.
Schools interested in achieving Green School status must register online. In order to qualify as a Green School, five teachers in your school must each complete five earth-friendly activities throughout the year. After each teacher completes the lessons, an activity log should be completed by the teacher via the online form or mailed to the address above. The deadline for submission of your information is the last school day of March. If you have an activity scheduled for later in the year please submit the activities log including that activity with the date the lesson is planned via the online form prior to the last school day of March. A Green School Coordinator may contact you to confirm completion of the activity. Green Classroom and Green School recognition will be held during April and May prior to the end of the school year. Schools successfully fulfilling the requirements will be awarded:
Public declaration of Cobb County Green School Status
A Green School Driveway sign
Green School Designation
2021/2022 Cobb County Green Schools
21 schools received Gold Status designation with at least 15 green teachers:
Addison Elementary, Austell Elementary, Baker Elementary, Bells Ferry Elementary, Blackwell Elementary, Bullard Elementary, Cheatham Hills Elementary, Compton Elementary, Ford Elementary, Frey Elementary, King Springs Elementary, Lewis Elementary, McCall Primary, McCleskey Middle, Murdock Elementary, Nickajack Elementary, Pickett's Mill Elementary, Simpson Middle, Still Elementary, Tritt Elementary, Vaughan Elementary
5 schools received Silver Status designation with at least 10 teachers:
Chalker Elementary, Daniell Middle, Davis Elementary, Due West Elementary, Timber Ridge Elementary
5 schools received Green Status designation with at least 5 green teachers:
Cooper Middle, Garrison Mill Elementary, Hillgrove High, Shallowford Falls Elementary, The Garden School
3 schools had teachers certifying their classroom as a Green Classroom:
Hightower Trail Middle, Norton Park Elementary, Pine Mountain Middle
In total, 34 schools received a Green School designation for the 2021/22 school year. These designations represent the work of 555 teachers who reported 3,088 hours of environmental education for 22,588 students.
Resources
Contact Us
Cobb County Green School Coordinators:
Mike Kahle
Program Supervisor
Watershed Stewardship Program
☎ 770-528-1482
Michael.Kahle@cobbcounty.org
Julie Knobbe
Environmental Programs Coordinator
Watershed Stewardship Program
☎770-419-6431
Julie.Knobbe@cobbcounty.org
Kevin Hill
Education Programmer
Natural Resources Management Unit
☎ 770-528-8829
Kevin.Hill@cobbcounty.org
Kimberly White
Executive Director
Keep Cobb Beautiful Program
☎ 770-528-2503
Kimberly.White@cobbcounty.org