Maryland Green Schools Youth Summit
Every School In Maryland is Invited to
INSPIRE, INVITE, IGNITE
June 4, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Sandy Point State Park
2010 Maryland Green Schools Award Ceremony
The ceremony honors those schools who have successfully demonstrated fulfillment of the five critical areas which form the framework of the Maryland Green School Program: professional development, curricular integration, best management practices, community engagement, and celebration. This year, 71 new schools and 5 centers will receive the Maryland Green Flag, a symbol of their continued commitment to the environment. In addition, 23 schools will be recertified based on their continuing efforts. Since 1999, 341 or 16% of Maryland schools have achieved this significant honor.
Environmental Literacy Bazaar
Following best practices to transform education through the integration of hands-on inquiry-based curriculum the learning stations in this ¼ mile long Bazaar are designed to empower youth in short interactive learning sessions. Participants will learn to apply knowledge at school, home and in their communities to reduce pollution, decrease waste, increase habitat, limit carbon emissions, and create healthy learning and living environments.
Youth Leadership Development
Never in the history of the planet has the sharing and distribution of ideas from young leaders and thinkers been so relevant or urgent as it is now. Around the world, youth are leading and sparking innovation across all industries. A series of workshops, roundtables and forums is designed to empower students to find and exercise their voices.
Celebration
Change is happening everyday in a million small and seemingly unperceivable ways. A light bulb in changed. A bicycle is used. A rain garden is built. These individual actions contribute to the collective. To celebrate the extraordinary done by the ordinary, the thousands in attendance at the Summit will create a living painting made up of unique and diverse individuals in what is called Art for the Sky.
For more information, please contact greenschools@maeoe.org |
