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Maryland Green Schools WATTS

Annual Youth Summit UP?

Tuesday, May 18, 2017

Sandy Point State Park

The Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor
Education (MAEOE) is looking for exceptional young people to
present a student keynote address at the upcoming Maryland

Green Schools Youth Summit.

The chosen students will talk about one or more Green School Projects that
they have done this year. All students in a preK-12 Maryland Green School (or
in a school applying in 2016-2017) are eligible to present. The keynote address
will take place during the ceremony at 11:15-11:45 a.m. and will be five
minutes in length. There will also be speaking opportunities at each of the
Green School Ceremonies. Presentations should be dynamic, creative, and
fun for an audience of mostly students grades preK-12. Submissions are due
by April 28 at 5:00 p.m. Find out more here.
MAEOE expects more than 3,000 students to attend this year’s youth summit THE NEW CONTEST DEADLINE IS
which will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The theme, “Creating Opportunities

Beyond the Bricks,” focuses on the amazing ways students learn in the 05/01/17
outdoors and outside of traditional classroom settings.

Visit MAEOE’s website to learn more about Maryland Green Schools, the THIS YEAR, ALL MCPS
summit, or how to apply to be a keynote speaker/exhibitor at the youth EMPLOYEES ARE INVITED TO
summit. Every school in Maryland is invited to the summit. Registration for JUDGE THE COMPETITION!
the event will be available on MAEOE’s website soon.
WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS.

This newsletter 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 conservation and sustainability. As part of the Helen Blankfeld, information specialist
Montgomery County Public School Department of Facilities Management, the SERT 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 Linda McLaughlin, program technician
a 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 | Main: 240.314.1090 | Fax: 301.279.3005 | SERT@mcpsmd.org | @MCPSsert
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