Illinois Green Schools Project

Project Profiles

Check out the many ways that schools across Illinois that are finding creative and impactful ways to prioritize sustainability across their school cultures, educational programming, and physical space!



Each school that participates in the Illinois Green Schools Project and completes and end of year Project Report, is gifted a one page Project Profile to help them share their story with their community! Read through our recent participants' projects below!

Read the Project Profiles of 2025

Students building a weather probe.

The Avery Coonley School

Downers Grove, IL

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A recycling bin labeled with proper recycling signage.

CICS West Belden

Chicago, IL

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A bridge over a river with a city skyline in the background

Deer Path Middle School

Lake Forest, IL

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A row of orange buckets are lined up on a table

Galatia Grade School

Galatia, IL

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Students planting native plants in a bioswale.

Grace Holistic Center for Education

Yorkville, IL

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A man and a woman are standing in front of a whiteboard in a classroom.

John Hersey High School

Arlington Heights, IL

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A man is kneeling down next to a blue trash can.

L.J. Hauser
Junior High School

Riverside, IL

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A group of children are standing around tables in a room.

Whitney M. Young
Magnet High School

Chicago, IL

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Read the Project Profiles of 2024

A row of plants growing on a wall under a light.

The Avery Coonley School

Downers Grove, IL

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A row of trash cans are lined up in front of a brick wall.

Carl von Linne Elementary School

Chicago, IL

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A bridge over a river with a city skyline in the background

Decatur Classical School

Chicago, IL

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A row of orange buckets are lined up on a table

Edwardsville High School

Edwardsville, IL

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A group of young men are carrying a bucket and a stick.

Grace Holistic Center for Education

Yorkville, IL

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A man and a woman are standing in front of a whiteboard in a classroom.

Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep

Chicago, IL

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A man is kneeling down next to a blue trash can.

John H. Kinzie
Elementary School

Chicago, IL

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A group of children are standing around tables in a room.

Jovita Idar
Elementary School

Chicago, IL

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A group of people are sitting at tables in front of a large screen.

Libertyville
High School

Libertyville, IL

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A group of people standing next to each other in front of yellow lockers holding a check.

Marion High School

Marion, IL

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A group of people are working in a garden in front of a building.

Marist High School

Chicago, IL

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A group of children are sitting on the floor planting potted plants.

Murphysboro Middle School

Murphysboro, IL

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A group of people are sitting on wooden benches in the grass.

Skinner North Classical School

Chicago, IL

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A group of people are working in a garden.

St. Paul Lutheran School

Chicago, IL

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Two sheets of paper that say veggie vote on them

The Family Matters School

Chicago, IL

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A young man is working in a garden.

Thomas Elementary School

Carbondale, IL

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A wooden table topped with potted plants , gardening tools , and a watering can.

Uplift Community High School

Chicago, IL

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A group of people are sitting at a table with laptops in front of a large screen.

Urbana High School

Urbana, IL

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A garden with lots of plants and flowers in front of a house.

Whitney M. Young
Magnet High School

Chicago, IL

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