Beginning of Year Activities

How to Begin:

• Officially enroll your school in the Green Schools Challenge - Dream in Green Application click here

• Attend the professional development training or watch the training video - Video

Pillar 1: Form a Green Team & take a Pledge to green the school - Click here for examples

Pillar 2: Complete the Environmental Self-Assessment for your school - Online Form/Sample PDF 

Pillar 3: Complete Palm Beach County Public Schools' Sustainable Schools Action Plan - Online Form

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Professional Development Teacher Workshop Saturday, August 19, 2023. Register here. If no representative from your school can attend the PD, lead teacher can watch training video to learn specific details about this year’s program. Points based on registration & participation.

• Click here to see tips  on creating a Green Team & taking a Pledge. Please provide a list of the Green Team members and their roles via email (4 points), along with pictures/photos (1 point) of the pledge (5 points) that your school will create. When schools submit the pledge, it must include:

  1. Who is taking the pledge?

  2. What does the pledge intend for people to do?

  3. Are there specific actions to take?

  4. Is there an attitude or feeling to reinforce?

  5. What is the desired outcome?

• The Environmental Self-Assessment is available online, Click here to submit. Points will be based on how much information schools are able to complete out of 40 possible responses; (1 - 4 questions answered = 1 point), (5 - 9 = 2 points), (10 - 14 = 3 points), (15 - 19= 4 points), (20 = 5 points), (21 - 25 = 6 points), (26 - 30 = 7 points), (31 - 34 points = 8 points), (35 - 39 = 9 points), (40 = 10 points).