Colorado GreenSchools!

Metro Denver has been chosen by the national PLT office as one of five regions to participate in Year Two of the Corporation for National and Community Service’s Learn and Serve STEM Grant. Five schools from each region are selected to participate in a two-day GreenSchools! training. Visit GreenSchools for more information. The investigations are available for all to use, but free registration is necessary.

Colorado Green Schools are from Denver -Cole Academy of Arts and Science, Escuela Tlatelolo, and Lake MS, and from Aurora -Quest K-8, and Hinkley HS. Each school sent a GreenSchools! Team, composed of students and school staff, for training in service-learning, PLT, and the GreenSchools! program. Our training was hosted at Lake MS which was used as a laboratory for learning the investigations. The unique student and teacher training model is proving very successful.

Teams attended a two day training in November conducted by national PLT leaders to learn how to investigate environmental topics of concern at their schools. Each school receives equipment and materials valued at $1000 to explore energy and water use, waste and recycling, landscaping and outdoor features, and overall environmental quality. They then decide on a problem or issue they'd like to improve, and create an action plan. Each team will receive a $6000 GreenWorks grant to implement their plan.

Stay tuned for more about our PLT GreenSchools! Visit our student page to follow their experiences.