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Meet Terina Garcia, the New

Facilitator for the Clarksburg Area

Wishing you and Please join the SERT program in congratulating and welcoming Ms. Terina Garcia
to our team. Terina is our new Resource Conservation Assistant (commonly
those dear to you known as “SERT facilitator”) and replaces Mr. Arthur Hayes who retired last
a wonderful December.

Thanksgiving Day! Ms. Garcia has been with MCPS for more than 21 years.
During 12 of those years, she was an active member of the
school-based SERT/Green Teams at Montgomery Village MS
May your hearts and Rock Creek Forest ES. She has led students on
numerous field trips to the local recycling facility,
be filled with coordinated SERT school outreach events, and worked
gladness and diligently with the students, staff, and parents to promote Terina Garcia
and implement strategies to conserve energy and improve
your homes be recycling participation. Passionate about environmental @SERTgal

filled with joy! conservation, she has participated in the county’s Watershed Program, and
routinely assists in maintaining the school garden at her son’s school.
During her time with the Department of Financial Services, she served on a
number of work teams and groups, most notably an active member of the
Equity team. Her work on that team has included the development of multiple
professional development courses for internal growth of candidates, and
additionally, served as a core speaker and trainer.
We look forward to Terina’s contributions as we continue working as a team to
promote environmental conservation throughout the MCPS system.

This newsletter is produced by the School Energy and Recycling Team (SERT)
program and distributed to SERT leaders, Green Teams, building service personnel, THE SERT TEAM:
and others who are interested in conservation and sustainability. As part of the Richard Benjamin, program manager
Montgomery County Public School Department of Facilities Management, the SERT Helen Blankfeld, information specialist
DJ Connelly, facilitator
program provides opportunities for all schools to participate and receive incentives
Terina Garcia, facilitator
and recognition for their energy conservation and recycling efforts. We support a Linda McLaughlin, program technician
balanced environment for the integration of all students to work together in a John Meyer, recycling manager
culturally diverse environment, and strive to provide the resources, support, and Jim Stufft, facilitator
vision of the future for a successful conservation program at each school.
Promoting the connections between human behavior and its impact on the
environment reinforces our culture of conservation and increases participation in
our mission to conserve resources and recycle actively.

Department of Facilities Management | SERT PROGRAM | 45 W. Gude Drive, Suite 4000 | Rockville, MD 20850
www.GreenSchoolsFocus.org | Direct: 240.314.4709 | Main: 240.314.1090 | Fax: 301.279.3005 | @MCPSsert
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