Stephanie Davis
Ms. Davis is currently leading effort to earn the Maryland Green School Award from the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE).
Ms. Davis is also involved with the Audubon Society's Audubon Watershed Experience which is a multi-part, interactive program designed to connect Baltimore City high school students to the Chesapeake Bay, with a focus on how their own actions can affect the health of the Bay.
Ms. Davis participates extensively in preparing students for productive citizenship through the implementation of a bottle recycling program at DHHS.
Ms. Davis and her students are also involved in the Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES), a group which conducts research on metropolitan Baltimore as an ecological system. The program integrates biological, physical, and social sciences. Students will be given the opportunity to collect and analyze data relating to the ecology of the Baltimore region and competing in the yearly DataJam.
Work Completed for Green Leader AU credits:
Lead effort to earn the Maryland Green School Award from the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE) – 2 AUs;
- Regular communication with staff regarding environmental concerns.
- Support with staff on suggestions for lesson plans outside of the content area
- Leader in the management of recyclables, specifically plastic and metal. Click Here for a service report documenting service hours submitted for recycling.
- Spearheaded School Wide Earth Day Celebration with Ms. Aubrey Melton
- Website work/MAEOE focus on Top 5 Accomplishments, Objective 1.1, Objective 1.2, and Objective 1.4, 2.4, 3.1. Documentation for this can be seen in the corresponding sections of this website.
- Set up Weebly electronic application (free website template used by MAEOE) We got it!
- Upload documentation to Weebly electronic application. Intent to Apply.
- Submit intent to apply.
- Hold at least one Green Team meeting per semester with students, staff and community members (See same category under 'Green Leader')
- Hold at least two meetings with school principal and/or assistant principal to discuss green goals, action items and application progress (Same category under 'GreenLeader')
- Implement green practices within school
- Document practices within the school
- Share professional development opportunities with teachers and staff
- Recruit and manage external partnerships, e.g. a nonprofit helping build a garden, a neighborhood association providing materials, a public entity hosting an outdoor lab experience
- Inform all students and staff up to four times per year of your role via newsletter, email, posters, morning or afternoon announcements, etc. To address this students and staff were notified of our role as green leader through the daily bulletin. We also notified all staff through a presentation at a faculty meeting. Click here for an agenda for this meeting.
- Coordinate and facilitate at least two community meetings or workshops per year to share opportunities for school greening with students, staff and community members, with at least 10 participants each. To address this, Ms. Davis along with Ms. Melton and a variety of classes created stepping stones for the community garden as a service project. Pic 1, Pic 2
- Meet with principal and/or assistant principal at least twice per year to review sustainability and greening strategies or plans. We addressed this by meeting with various principals throughout the year to plan things like our inclusion into the January faculty meeting, our earth day celebration and concerning the green school application.
- Share information and resources provided by City Schools’ Green School Coordinator, the Baltimore Office of Sustainability and other local, state or national entities with school community. I addressed this by sending an email to the school notifying them of an opportunity with the Urban Tree Education Program Click Here to see this email.
- Answer questions for students, teachers and staff, e.g. what items are recyclable, provide referrals for student outdoor lab experiences, identify possible project resources. I addressed this by assisting with the recycling program for paper, aluminum and plastic. Students received service hours for their participation.
- Advocate for green practices, e.g. minimizing paper use through double-sided printing, reducing energy use through use of natural light, etc. I addressed this by, with the rest of the green team requesting that each teacher during advisory talk to their class about the benefits of conservation and sharing with the whole school one thing they will do to live more sustainably.
- Curriculum and instruction – 1 AU. Activities may include, but are not limited to:
- Obtain environmental issue instruction (learning modules, lesson plans, curricula) for at least every grade level in elementary or middle school, or in at least four subjects for high school. Please look at relevant section of this website for documentation of this. Email Requesting Environmental Lesson Plans
- Share instruction with teachers for use in their classrooms at staff meetings, individual meetings, email, professional development days, etc.
Melissa McDonald
Melissa McDonald is growing participation in the bicycle club. She applied for the Green Healthy Start Challenge and funding will cover supplies for safe student riding of bicycles to and from school as well as supplies for students to repair, rebuild, and responsibly ride bicycles.
Ms. McDonald will work to improve responsible transportation: students will survey students and teachers, analyze and implement carbon-reducing actions to improve school transportation issues related to bicycling to school (for teachers and students). Students and teachers will go on bicycle rides.
Work Completed for Green Leader AU credits: As part of an outdoor club, Ms. McDonald will work to recruit at least 15 students to bike club, where they will grow in outdoor knowledge and take at least 4 group outings.
Ms. McDonald will work to improve responsible transportation: students will survey students and teachers, analyze and implement carbon-reducing actions to improve school transportation issues related to bicycling to school (for teachers and students). Students and teachers will go on bicycle rides.
Work Completed for Green Leader AU credits: As part of an outdoor club, Ms. McDonald will work to recruit at least 15 students to bike club, where they will grow in outdoor knowledge and take at least 4 group outings.
Aubrey Melton
Aubrey Melton is currently leading effort to earn the Maryland Green School Award from the Maryland Association
for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE).
Ms. Melton is also involved with the Audubon Society's Audubon Watershed Experience which is a multi-part, interactive program designed to connect Baltimore City high school students to the Chesapeake Bay, with a focus on how their own actions can affect the health of the Bay.
Ms. Melton participates extensively in preparing students for productive citizenship and stewardship through the education of students in her Environmental Science classes at Digital Harbor High School.
Ms. Melton and her students are also involved in the Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES), a group which conducts research on metropolitan Baltimore as an ecological system. The program integrates biological, physical, and social sciences. Students will be given the opportunity to collect and analyze data relating to the ecology of the Baltimore region and competing in the yearly DataJam.
Ms. Melton is active in the Outdoor Club and and often leads outings biking, camping and canoeing and kayaking after school and on the weekends to experience environmental efforts and concerns in the ecosystem.
Work Completed for Green Leader AU credits:
Lead effort to earn the Maryland Green School Award from the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE) – 2 AUs;
for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE).
Ms. Melton is also involved with the Audubon Society's Audubon Watershed Experience which is a multi-part, interactive program designed to connect Baltimore City high school students to the Chesapeake Bay, with a focus on how their own actions can affect the health of the Bay.
Ms. Melton participates extensively in preparing students for productive citizenship and stewardship through the education of students in her Environmental Science classes at Digital Harbor High School.
Ms. Melton and her students are also involved in the Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES), a group which conducts research on metropolitan Baltimore as an ecological system. The program integrates biological, physical, and social sciences. Students will be given the opportunity to collect and analyze data relating to the ecology of the Baltimore region and competing in the yearly DataJam.
Ms. Melton is active in the Outdoor Club and and often leads outings biking, camping and canoeing and kayaking after school and on the weekends to experience environmental efforts and concerns in the ecosystem.
Work Completed for Green Leader AU credits:
Lead effort to earn the Maryland Green School Award from the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE) – 2 AUs;
- Regular communication with staff regarding environmental concerns
- Spearheaded School Wide Earth Day Celebration with Ms. Stephanie Davis
- Website work/MAEOE focus on General Website Flow and Formatting, Home page, 1.4 Earth Day Celebrations (with Ms. Davis), 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1 - Other Community Partnerships, Green Leader Reports
- Recruited at least 15 students to join an outdoor club/nature club. (Either BICO or Bike Club)
- Take students out at least 4 outings into nature consisting of at least two of the following: hiking, canoeing, bicycling, visiting a conservatory, bird watching and/or camping.
- Wrote trip reports to monitor BICO / Outdoor Club growth