Posts by Sam Stevens
Lincoln Middle School Goes Green…Again
Project Type: Waste Reduction Students: 202 Staff: 1 Mentor: Robyn Munici Location: Park Ridge, IL Grade Level: Grades 6-8 The Project As a participant in the 2022-23 cohort of the Illinois Green Schools Project, worked to engage students and community in waste reduction. Lincoln Middle School worked last year to implement a waste reduction program,…
Read MorePleasantdale Elementary: Zeroing in on Closing the Loop
Project Type: Path to Net Zero, Habitat Restoration & Biodiversity, Food Garden, Outdoor Learning Space, Waste Reduction Students: 111 Staff: 5 Mentor: Theresa Johnston Location: Milledgeville, IL Grade Level: Kindergarten & 1st Winner: First Place Elementary School Pleasantdale Elementary’s project was recognized with the 1st Place Elementary School award by the panel of Illinois Green…
Read MoreMilledgeville High School: Trash Analysis & Recycling Awareness
Project Type: Waste Reduction Students: 13 Staff: 2 Mentor: Hannah Nelson Location: Milledgeville, IL Grade Level: Grades 10-11 The Project As a participant in the 2022-23 cohort of the Illinois Green Schools Project, Milledgeville High School engaged in waste reduction activities. Milledgeville High School does not have a recycling program, so students in the Honors…
Read MoreWolcott College Prep: Student Led Green Shield Certification for Healthy Schools
Project Type: Path to Net Zero, Indoor Environmental Quality, Native Plant, Sustainability Plan Development, Waste Reduction Students: 6 Staff: 3 Mentors: Matt Johnson, Melissa Rodas Location: Chicago, IL Grade Level: 12th Grade The Project Wolcott College Prep brought Integrated Pest Management (IPM) expert Dr. Thomas Green to their school to provide students and staff with…
Read MoreWilliam H Ray Elementary: Ray East Greenspace EcoLawn Installation
Project Type: Habitat Restoration & Biodiversity, Stormwater Management Students: 70 Staff: 10 Mentors: Leah McSherry, Ryan Anderson Location: Chicago, IL Grade Level: 5th Grade The Project Together with partners from Midwest Grows Green, the Ray School community installed an eco-lawn on the weedy, dusted compacted soil of their east lot. Both the school and the greater…
Read MoreRoosevelt Elementary: Composting and Keeping Plastic out of Landfills
Project Type: Path to Net Zero, Waste Reduction Students: 15 Staff: 6 Mentor: Madeline Burnside Location: Park Ridge, IL Grade Level: 5th grade The Project The Roosevelt Green Team, composed of 5th graders on student council and parent leaders, set out to implement a composting system at their elementary school. Students helped with the project’s…
Read MoreGrace Holistic Center for Education: Solar Powered
Project Type: Path to Net Zero, Energy Students: 24 Staff: 3 Mentor: Mike Denz Location: Yorkville, IL Grade Level: High School Path to Zero Energy Award Winner Grace Holistic’s project was awarded the Path to Zero Energy Award by the panel of Illinois Green Schools Project reviewers. The Project Students at Grace Holistic Center for…
Read MoreLibertyville High School: Butler Lake Southern Shoreline Restoration
Project Type: Habitat Restoration & Biodiversity, Native Plant or Food Garden, Outdoor Learning Space, Stormwater management, Water Students: 150 Staff: 14 Mentor: Brianna Galvan Location: Libertyville, IL Grade Level: High School The Project Students at Libertyville High School researched, planned, and prepared a 300-foot native plant buffer strip between the school and Butler Lake. The…
Read MoreThomas Elementary: Composting
Project Type: Waste Reduction, Collaboration with non-profit Students: 16 Staff: 3 Mentors: April Bartnick Location: Carbondale, IL Grade Level: 2nd & 3rd Grade In collaboration with a local non-profit, Thomas Elementary is introducing composting to the 2nd and 3rd grade. During the school’s breakfast and lunch times, students place their unwanted, uneaten in buckets, where it is…
Read MoreSkinner North: Air Quality
Project Type: Indoor Environmental Quality Students: 25 Staff: 2 Mentors: Matt Johnson, Melissa Rodas Location: Chicago, IL Grade Level: 8th Grade Eighth graders at Skinner North researched how to measure and improve indoor air quality, and created a plan that involved integrating an indoor classroom garden. Faculty leaders hope that this single-classroom project can be applied…
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