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SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL

Being Green: The Basics
Green BusinessPark Day School has a long history of emphasis on environmental education. Our lovely four-acre campus invites the study of ecology. Children play in our gardens, learn to care for the plants and animals on our site and in our classrooms, and enjoy the park-like grounds on a daily basis. In each grade, nature study has been a tradition, whether it"s leading the school wide recycling efforts, turning a first grade classroom into an habitat, such as a rainforest, or planting and harvesting vegetables that are taken to a local shelter where our third grade students volunteer their time in the kitchen.  We also hold an annual Green Math & Science Night. We've added a Nature Center and a seed to table Learning Garden program.


Fourth graders lead the Lower School during a "Green Sing"

In 2005, our staff and board took the next natural step to work toward obtaining certification by Alameda County as a Green Business. We achieved this goal in the Spring of 2006 through joint efforts of staff, children and parents, and became the first school in Oakland, public or private, to do so.   We were re-certified in 2010.

For more information on how your business, school, organization or agency can become a certified Green Business, visit www.greenbiz.ca.gov