On Saturday, May 15th from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., sixteen schools will present student-led projects that were created as part of Baltimore City Public Schools' Cleaner, Greener Sustainability Challenge – an initiative that empowers students to make their schools environmentally-friendly places to learn and play.
Each of these sixteen schools received $1,000 in funding from the Cleaner, Greener Baltimore Initiative and the Baltimore Community Foundation to implement projects that addressed a range of topics from reducing water waste to greening, constructing a schoolyard mural, and producing a video about recycling.
Patrick McMahon, who is a member of the Baltimore City Sustainability Commission, says of the schools, "It's amazing what they have been able to accomplish with a limited amount of funding and how each of them have developed plans to expand and continue their efforts over the next several years."
The schools represented in the Challenge are Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School, Barclay Elementary/Middle School, Calverton Elementary/Middle School, Chinquapin Middle School, City Neighbors Charter School, Curtis Bay Elementary/Middle School, Eutaw-Marshburn Elementary School, Federal Hill Preparatory Academy, Fort Washington Elementary School, George Washington Elementary School, Independence School Local 1, James Mosher Elementary School, Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School, Southside Academy, the Stadium School and Windsor Hills Elementary/Middle School.
Participants will be honored at the World Trade Center's Top of the World Observation Level. For more information, visit www.baltimoresustainability.org.
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