Environmental Stewardship

Green Acres School is committed to outdoor learning—teaching the understanding of and respect for the natural world. We use our entire 15 acre campus as our classroom, extending lessons to the woods, streams, playgrounds, and athletic fields. Our teachers and staff routinely work with our students to compost, recycle, and tend gardens. In many ways, students not only enjoy the outdoors, but also develop a healthy sense of preservation and stewardship for the environment.

Our Lower School and Middle School students spend time in the woodlands, stream, gardens, and fields of our campus, observing natural science at work.

GREEN EFFORTS ON CAMPUS—EARTH DAY AND EVERY DAY

We have been working to “green” the School for many years. Following a two year application process, Green Acres was recognized as a certified Maryland Green School by the Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE) in 2015, and again in 2019. Our community promotes awareness of environmental stewardship, conservation, and acting as a catalyst for change. Every day at our school we teach our students to respect our environment. Whether it’s by working together to compost and recycle, asking students to prepare natural decorations as event centerpieces or having our staff select green caterers, we teach our students to preserve our environment for the future.