2013 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School Awards

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2013 Oregon Sustainable School Awards

The U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School Awards and Oregon Sustainable School Awards recognize public and private K-12 schools for progress within four “Pillars” of sustainability:

1. Environmental Impacts
2. Healthy, Safe Students and Staff
3. Education for Sustainability: Environmental and Social Literacy
4. Social Sustainability

The Sustainable Oregon Schools Initiative (SOSI) and the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) work in partnership to offer these award programs to Oregon schools. The two award programs are aligned, and the same application process serves for both.

Green Ribbon School Awards

Oregon is a participating state in this 2^nd year of the U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School Awards. Each participating state can nominate up to 4 schools, whereby one of the four must be a private school and one must be a school with at least 40 percent of its students eligible for free and reduced lunch. Each nominee school must demonstrate high overall performance across Pillars 1, 2 and 3. See Green Ribbon School details on the U.S. Department of Education website.

Oregon Sustainable School Awards

Also in its 2^nd year, the Oregon awards recognize the school with the highest overall achievement across all four Pillar areas, as well as the highest achieving schools in each of the four Pillars.

2013 Award Winners

2013 Oregon Sustainable School Award:

· Jackson Elementary (Medford School District)

2013 Oregon Pillar 1 Award: Environmental Impacts:

None selected

2013 Oregon Pillar 2 Award: Healthy, Safe Students and Staff

· Meriwether Lewis Elementary (Portland Public Schools), co-winner

· Oak Creek Elementary (Lake Oswego School District), co-winner

2013 Oregon Pillar 3 Award: Education for Sustainability: Environmental and Social Literacy

· Jesuit High School (Portland)

2013 Oregon Pillar 4 Award: Social Sustainability

· Jackson Elementary (Medford School District)

U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School Recognition:

No Oregon nominees in 2013.

See ODE press release
See Oregonian article
See KUIK coverage

2012 Award Winners

2012 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School Winners from Oregon

Catlin Gabel School (Portland), Gladstone High School (Gladstone), Sunnyside Environmental School (Portland), and Willamina Elementary School (Willamina).

• U.S. Department of Education press release
• List of winning schools and a summmary of their applications

2012 Oregon Sustainable School Award Winners

1^st Place 2012 Oregon Sustainable School: Willamina Elementary School, Willamina School District

2^nd Place 2012 Oregon Sustainable School: Catlin Gable School, Portland.

Winners within the individual pillars are:
Pillar 1 – Minimizing Environmental Impacts

• Catlin Gabel School, Portland (winner)
• Spencer Butte Middle School, Eugene School District (honorable mention)

Pillar 2 – Supporting Healthy, Safe Students

• Gladstone High School, Gladstone School District (winner)

Pillar 3 – Educating for Sustainability

• Sunnyside Environmental School, Portland Public Schools (winner)
• Jesuit High School, Portland (honorable mention)

Pillar 4 – Social Sustainability

• Willamina Elementary, Willamina School District (winner)
• Rosland Elementary, Bend-LaPine School District (honorable mention)