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SERT IN YOUR SCHOOL

When the first Earth Day was
held in 1970, 22 million Americans
celebrated clean air, land, and water.

This year, join the global Earth Day celebra on. Learn
about the event’s history at EarthDay.envirolink.org and
EarthDay.org. If you’re looking for Earth Day‐themed
ac vi es, visit SERT’s website o en to find out how other
MCPS schools will celebrate Earth Day. You’ll find news,
environmental informa on, resources, and events on the
EPA’s website.

CELEBRATE EARTH DAY EVERY DAY!

Find great Earth Day ac vi es and cra s for young
students at KidsSoup.com and ac vi es for all grade levels The Green Team at Great Seneca Creek Elementary
(K‐12) at Educa onWorld.com. Several Earth Day songs School created a fantas c Earth Day display for their
and poems are posted at CanTeach.ca. recent Literacy Night event. Led by Ms. Samantha Clark,
the fourth graders shared projects on their Chromebooks
Make sure to visit our own MCPS outdoor educa on site
to experience adventures in school gardening the MCPS about protec ng our Ecosystems, recruited community
way and nature.org to get involved with the Nature members to par cipate in their upcoming Earth Day
Conservancy program. Clean Up event, and used recycled K‐cups to make
phonics games for kids. Well done, Bullfrogs!
If your school isn’t a Maryland Green School, visit
maeoe.org to review the applica on process. Let us know what’s happening in your school and we’ll be
happy to spotlight your ac vi es.

This newsle er is produced by the School Energy and Recycling Team (SERT) THE SERT TEAM:
program and distributed to SERT leaders, Green Teams, building service personnel, Richard Benjamin, program manager
and others who are interested in conserva on and sustainability. As part of the Helen Blankfeld, informa on specialist
Montgomery County Public School Department of Facili es Management, the SERT DJ Connelly, facilitator
program provides opportuni es for all schools to par cipate and receive incen ves Terina Garcia, facilitator
and recogni on for their energy conserva on and recycling efforts. We support Linda McLaughlin, program technician
a balanced environment for the integra on of all students to work together in a John Meyer, recycling manager
culturally diverse environment, and strive to provide the resources, support, and Jim Stu , facilitator
vision of the future for a successful conserva on program at each school.
Promo ng the connec ons between human behavior and its impact on the
environment reinforces our culture of conserva on and increases par cipa on
in our mission to conserve resources and recycle ac vely.

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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