2024-2025
Green School Award Winner
The Green School Award recipient for the 2024-2025 school year is🥁.....Ventura Charter School!
The Green School Award recognizes excellence in environmental stewardship demonstrated by a school in the City of Ventura.
Green School Award applicants are considered for their water and energy conservation, environmental education and projects, and more.
Read on about Ventura Charter’s exemplary environmental practices:
Environmental Stewardship 🍃
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Ventura Charter’s school garden involves participation from multiple grades. 4th graders, for example, sow native plant seeds each spring and kindergarteners participate in an annual habitat project, learning about a specific habitat’s unique flora and fauna. Ventura Charter’s butterfly garden is also a certified habitat by the National Wildlife Federation 🦋
Water Conservation 🌊
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Rainwater collection barrels are used for drip-irrigation in the garden and for students to care for potted plants throughout campus 🌻
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“Trout in the Classroom”, a partnership with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, educated third graders on how to raise endangered rainbow trout from eggs to fry and conducted field studies of local water resources, learning about water conservation and ecology 🐟
Environmental Projects 🍽️
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Ventura Charter School implemented a Zero Waste Lunch Program, which encourages students and families to use reusable utensils, containers, cloth napkins, and refillable water bottles 🍶
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Ventura Charter School participates in ink cartridge, e-waste and plastic film recycling efforts to ensure students understand the importance of cyclical consumption and proper waste procedures ♻️
"At Ventura Charter School, environmental stewardship is not just a program—it is embedded in our school’s culture. As an expeditionary learning school, we prioritize hands-on, project-based education that empowers students to critically engage with real-world issues like climate change, water conservation, and sustainability."
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