Three Anne Arundel County Public Schools earned inaugural Maryland Green School status, one renewed its status, one earned a Sustainable School designation and another reached the Sustainable Bronze level in the 2025 honors bestowed by the Maryland Association for Environmental & Outdoor Education (MAEOE).
Arnold Elementary School, High Point Elementary School, and Monarch Academy Public Charter School each earned Green School status for the first time. Annapolis High School renewed its status while Magothy River Middle School was named a Sustainable School and Pasadena Elementary School earned Sustainable Bronze status.
“Green Schools provide engaging and effective instruction by integrating environmental learning across all subjects,” MAEOE Executive Director Laura Johnson Collard said in announcing the awards. “The results are powerful. We see students leading composting programs, conserving energy, joining environmental clubs, and advocating for what is important to them. These stories give us hope. They remind us that when young people are empowered with knowledge and a connection to the world around them, they become the changemakers we need not just for the future, but right now.”
Honorees will be recognized during the Maryland Green Schools Youth Summit in May.
“This program is just one more way we are seeking to shape well-rounded students who care for the environment and the world around them,” Superintendent of Schools Dr. Mark Bedell said. “We are proud of the efforts not just of these honorees, but of all our schools that go the extra mile to cultivate caring citizens who will be community leaders in the future.”
In all, 52 AACPS schools have earned Green School status.
Statewide this year, MAEOE bestowed 117 Green School awards. There are 693 total Green Schools in Maryland.