​St. Margaret's Day School Green School Certification 

Green Mission
St. Margaret's Day School's mission is to develop lifelong leaders and advocates of environmental stewardship through innovative learning, daily enriching activities, and community partnerships.

Green Vision
Students graduating from St. Margaret's Day School kindergarten program will have thorough understanding of the role we play in our environment. They will know how their actions impact the environment and how to change their behaviors to make a positive impact. They will learn to be advocates for positive environmental change within their homes and communities.

Top Five Accomplishments

We are proud of all of our green initiative accomplishments. Below are some of our highlights, which are discussed in greater detail in our objectives sections.

1. Our expansive and growing green curriculum is a holistic learning process that creates lifelong environmental leaders and advocates.
2. Eat to Live is an overarching philosophy that teaches our students the cycle of food growth, production, waste/compost, and preservation and conservation of our resources. We provide the students with refillable, personal water bottles to eliminate waste.  
3. Our inclusive recycling program means that everyone participates, and we are always developing new ideas to reduce waste. Students have suggested and organized campus clean-up days to preserve their environment.  We have also started a crayon and marker recycling program.
4. We have a wonderful partnership with the Department of Natural Resources, from our wild bird unit to our resident terrapin and horseshoe crabs.
5. We have made a shift to drastically reduce cleaning waste and to use  natural cleaning products, including Green Seal certified services and safe-ingredient homemade cleaners that our students and staff can safely handle. 

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Objective 1

Systemic Sustainability

Objective 2

Student-Driven Sustainability Practices

 Objective 3

Community Partnerships, Awards, and Special Recognition