Our Master Gardeners (Janice Winter and Carolyn Cradler) have been coming to our school in the Fall and Spring for the past 8 years to help with gardening in our native garden and environmental education presentations for our students. They have worked hard and have donated so many of their plants from their own gardens. They always made sure every student was able to learn and plant something.

Janice and Carolyn have been an amazing team at GES! Our students and staff appreciate them so much for helping our green school through the years. Our students have learned so much! Thank you Janice and Carolyn!

WE is a movement that gives young people and their teachers a platform and the tools to make a difference in their communities and in those around the world.

WE has given us several grants and GES was awarded two WE Volunteer Now grants from the AllState Foundation to aid in helping our beautification projects as for purchasing plants for our Monarch Waystation, gloves for green jobs, and tools for work in the garden. Each grant was worth $250. We were able to get WE project/Mid-Atlantic district manager to come out and plant with us one day for a WE Volunteer Campaign. It was great to have him work with the students.

Our school has Career Day's every yrs. for the entire school. This year our school had a few environmental education guest speakers who talked to a few classes about their jobs and what they do.

Students played for 60 minutes at the different obstacle relay stations.

The Maryland Zoo has sent out the zoomobile several times to our school. They talked about the animals, their habitats, and teach environmental education to our students. They have been coming to our school since 2016. Our students are always in awe when they see the animals. This visit was with our Bridges After- School students in grades 3-5 (46 in total).

Justin Berk came to GES to talk about the weather especially about snow. He gave a presentation on Faith in the Flakes. He taught the students in all grades about how snow is formed and the different kinds of snowflakes you might see.

There were four planters built by an Eagle Scout and his troop. They were built for students and staff to plant vegetables and flowers in the Outdoor Learning Center. They provided all the wood, compost, and pvc cage with deer netting. It was an amazing project and GES is very appreciative for their hardwork and generosity to help us replace our old planters.

Girls on the Run has been active in our school community since at least 2014. Girls on the Run is a life-changing program for 8- to 13-year-old girls that promotes girl empowerment by teaching life skills through lessons and running. Girls on the Run have been doing beautification projects around our school for the past 3 years. This year they planted plants in front of the school.