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Kentucky Green & Healthy Schools

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Award Plaque Presentation at John Hardin High School

Often times the award plaques are presented during school scheduled assemblies in front of the whole student body. Shelby Bilbrey receives a plaque for John Hardin HS's Green Team from KGHS Coordinator, Gregory Taylor. (Photo taken by Mark Wells).

Teachers at Lake Barkley Resort Workshop

Division of Waters Coordinator, Maggie Morgan, shares ways of testing for water quality during a teacher workshop at Lake Barkley Resort Golf Course. (Picture taken by Gregory Taylor).

Biology students at Elkhorn Creek

Family Care Center's Biology students are ready to get started down the Elkhorn Creek to observe macro-invertebrates and test the water quality. (Photo taken by Gregory Taylor).

Students from all grade levels.

Some participating High School students. (Photo taken By: Elizabeth McNulty)

Students from all grade levels.

Some participating Middle School students. (Photo taken by Elizabeth McNulty)

Students from all grade levels.

Some participating Elementary students. (Photo taken by Elizabeth McNulty)

Students sharing projects with students.

The Kentucky Green and Healthy Schools and Kentucky NEED Project Youth Summit and Awards Luncheon is a great opportunity to gain new ideas for next year's projects. (Photo taken by Elizabeth McNulty).

Students share projects with teachers.

(Photo taken by Elizabeth McNulty).

High School students share projects with middle school students.

(Photo taken by Elizabeth McNulty).

Point and Non-point Run-off

A Kentucky Water Basin Coordinator (Malissa McAlister) shares information about types of run-off into ground water supplies.

Macroinvertebrates

Division of Water personnel (Chad Von Gruenigen) share information about macro-invertebrates. (Photo taken by Elizabeth McNulty).

Students sharing with students.

High school students sharing projects with elementary students. (Photo taken by Elizabeth McNulty).

Billy Bennett

Kentucky Environmental Education Council Executive Director, Billy Bennett, listens to an elementary students sharing their projects. (Photo taken by Elizabeth McNulty).

Learning Experiences

Students looking at different macro-invertebrates. (Photo taken by Elizabeth McNulty).

Wesley Bullock

Kentucky Environmental Education Council Administrative Specialist III, Wesley Bullock, discusses projects with teachers and students. (Photo taken by Elizabeth McNulty).

Awards Luncheon

KGHS participating schools listen to the Key-note speaker at the 2018 Youth SUMMIT and Awards Luncheon. (Photo taken by Elizabeth McNulty).

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The Kentucky Green and Healthy Schools Mission

Empowering students to create healthier, safer, and more environmentally sustainable schools, and communities

Welcome to KGHS!

Kentucky Green & Healthy Schools (KGHS) is a project-based program that uses the entire school building and grounds as a learning laboratory for students. All grade levels of any public or private schools are invited to join KGHS! To participate, visit Join KGHS.

Program

Through this program, a team of students, teachers, and school administrators (a "Green Team") work together to improve the school facilities in nine different categories. For more information on the different categories, visit the Program Overview.

Benefits

By making improvements on campus, students can help the school save energy costs, decrease absenteeism, increase student test scores, and create a more sustainable learning environment, among other benefits.

Recognition

Schools are recognized for their efforts through awards and attendance at the annual KGHS Summit.

Partners

KGHS is a program of the Kentucky Environmental Education Council in partnership with the Kentucky Department of Education.

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Announcements

Map of participating schools
There are at least 48 schools that have been active in the KGHS program in the past year, many of them participating in a grant program to promote water quality and conservation in Kentucky. You can see all currently active schools on our interactive map.

2020 KGHS and KY NEED Awards
The 2020 Kentucky Green and Healthy Schools and Kentucky NEED Project Youth Summit and Awards Luncheon will be held on April 23 at the Embassy Suites in Lexington.

Updated Resources

You can find an updated list of resources for each category on the Kentucky Environmental Education Council website. There is also a list of places in Kentucky that offer environmental education.