Sep 16, 2024 | Green Initiatives
You can start going green by: Recycling Using a reuseable water bottle instead of buying bottled water Turning out the lights when you are the last to leave a room Powering down the projector in the classroom when it’s not being used Encouraging your parents NOT...
Sep 9, 2024 | Green Curriculum - Upper School
AP Environmental Science provides juniors and seniors with a college-level understanding of the biological, chemical, and physical systems that create the conditions necessary for the variety of life on earth and of how human activities have affected and continue to...
Sep 9, 2024 | Green Curriculum - Upper School
In this elective course, juniors and seniors develop a deeper understanding of the natural environment, its beauty, and some of the ways in which it supports us. A study of food webs, and nutrient cycles provides a foundational knowledge of how healthy ecosystems...
Sep 9, 2024 | Green Curriculum - Upper School
In this required tenth grade science class students apply concepts from biology and chemistry to understanding and solving sustainability issues. Almost every unit has a sustainability topic tied in; for example, evolution is paired with habitat fragmentation,...
Sep 9, 2024 | Green Curriculum - Middle School
DIG, an elective “discovery class,” provides a hands-on experience in organic gardening to interested 7th and 8th grade students. Lessons on the history of agriculture, the science behind modern farming, and the effects of practices like monoculture on the environment...