Mother Seton School (MSS) is pleased to announce that The Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE) has recertified MSS as a 2018 Maryland Green School. Maryland Green Schools are part of a national and international community of sustainable green schools. There are 618 active Maryland Green Schools, over 27 percent of all Maryland schools, a 2 percent growth from 2017. MSS was the first Catholic school in Frederick Country to receive Green School certification, having first been certified in 2009.
The Maryland Green Schools program encourages educational opportunities for Pre-K–12 schools that increase awareness and understanding of environmental relationships that impact public health and the local community. A few of the initiatives adopted by MSS include lunchtime composting, the Monarch Waystation, and integration of the Trout in the Classroom program, where seventh-grade students raise trout from eggs to fingerlings before releasing them into the wild.
“Our recertification demonstrates our commitment to teaching our students values such as stewardship, that we are responsible for God’s creation and have a duty to protect and care for the earth,” said Mother Seton School principal Sister Brenda Monahan, D.C.
