28 schools earn EcoSchool certification

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MEDIA RELEASE

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For Immediate Release
June 12, 2012

GUELPH, Ontario — Twenty-four elementary schools and four secondary schools in the Upper Grand District School Board have been certified as Ontario EcoSchools.

Ontario EcoSchools is an environmental education program for grades K-12 that helps students develop ecological literacy while engaged in practices to become environmentally responsible citizens. Developed and run by school boards, Ontario EcoSchools also helps improve school building operations to reduce environmental impacts.

Below are a list of the EcoSchools for 2011-2012:

• Aberfoyle PS
• Arthur PS
• Brisbane PS
• Centennial CVI
• Centre Wellington DHS
• East Garafrax PS
• Erin DHS
• Erin PS
• Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute
• Island Lake PS
• J.D. Hogarth PS
• James McQueen PS
• John Black PS
• John McCrae PS
• Ken Danby PS
• Kortright Hills PS
• Mitchell Woods PS
• Montgomery Village PS
• Paisley Road PS
• Palmerston PS
• Primrose Public School
• Priory Park PS
• Rickson Ridge PS
• Sir Isaac Brock PS
• Taylor Evans PS
• Victoria Terrace PS
• Waverley Drive PS
• Westminster Woods PS

For more information about the EcoSchools program in the UGDSB, please contact Mike Anderson ([email protected])

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