Oregon Sustainable Schools Awards

(and U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School Recognition)

The Sustainable Oregon Schools Initiative (SOSI) and the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) have partnered to create the Oregon Sustainable Schools Awards. These awards will recognize public and private K-12 schools that demonstrate progress within four “pillars”:

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

The Oregon awards include recognition of the school with the highest overall achievement across all four “pillar” areas, as well as recognition of the highest achieving schools in each of the four “pillar” areas.

U.S. Department of Education’s Green Ribbon Schools Awards

Oregon is participating in the recently-announced Green Ribbon Schools recognition program. The Oregon award program is aligned with the national program and the same application process will serve for both. Each of Oregon’s four Green Ribbon School nominee schools must demonstrate high overall performance. 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. See Green Ribbon School details on the U.S. Department of Education website.

2012 Award Winners

Oregon’s 4 school nominees are all 2012 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School Winners!

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

See the U.S. Department of Education press release about Secretary Duncan’s April 23rd announcement.
See the Oregon Department of Education press release.
List of winning schools and a summmary of their applications

2012 Oregon Sustainable School Award winners announced!

The Oregon Sustainable School Award recognizes the applicant school that is most comprehensively addressing all four of the award pillar areas. Additionally, the top performing school within each of the four pillar areas is recognized with a Pillar Award, whereby no school can receive more than one pillar award in a given year.

To see winners, view:

Oregon Department of Education press release
One-pager about the Oregon Sustainable School award program

Award Presentation Event

The awards will be presented on June 19th, 4:15-5:30 at Gladstone High School at the conclusion of the Sustainable Schools – Sustainable Solutions Conference, with representatives from the Oregon Department of Education, Oregon Governor’s Office and Oregon Associated Industries. The award presentation segment can be attended as its own event. Details will follow.