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Evergreen Elementary Named a Green Ribbon School by U.S. Department of Education

Evergreen Elementary School is honored to be one of two elementary schools in Washington State recognized as a 2024 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School!

Evergreen is proud to recognize our school’s achievements such as its comprehensive STEM program, its outdoor learning environment, its native plant garden, its raised vegetable garden, its accessible hiking trails, and its Outdoor Transitional Kindergarten program.

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Evergreen has enjoyed a very successful and long running reading program called Reading Is Fundamental.  This program has benefited our students for seventeen years!  Every child chooses a book from a wide selection of titles that is his/hers to keep.  They take these books home to add to their personal library.

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Evergreen Elementary Named a Green Ribbon School by U.S. Department of Education
Danielle Chastaine

Evergreen Elementary School is honored to be one of two elementary schools in Washington State recognized as a 2024 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School!

Evergreen is proud to recognize our school’s achievements such as its comprehensive STEM program, its outdoor learning environment, its native plant garden, its raised vegetable garden, its accessible hiking trails, and its Outdoor Transitional Kindergarten program.

Evergreen Elementary School is honored to be one of two elementary schools in Washington State recognized as a 2024 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School! 

The award is for schools, districts, early learning centers, and postsecondary institutions that demonstrate progress in three key areas: 

  • Reducing environmental impacts and costs;
  • Improving health and wellness; and 
  • Providing effective environmental and sustainability education. 

Evergreen is proud to recognize our school’s achievements such as its comprehensive STEM program, its outdoor learning environment, its native plant garden, its raised vegetable garden, its accessible hiking trails, and its Outdoor Transitional Kindergarten program.

On Earth Day, Monday, April 22, leaders from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) and PSD visited Evergreen Elementary to celebrate the nominations and plant a tree with each Evergreen student in our outdoor learning space.

Read more about the award program, and check out the highlights report with all honorees from across the nation at this link.

 

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