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Success Stories: 2009–2011

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Tahoma School District superintendent Mike Maryanski receives certificate of recognition from Dale Alekel, King County Green Schools Program

Schools in 13 school districts and 21 cities in King County have earned recognition as King County Green Schools.

• 121 schools completed Level One
• 62 schools completed Level Two
• 25 schools completed Level Three

Click on the links below to read their success stories. Also see the success stories of 2003–2008 program participants that received assistance from the program before the program levels were started.

The schools are divided below according to their school district. Private schools are listed under “Private Schools.”

Each school received a certificate of recognition, a “We are a King County Green School” banner or a “Level Two” or “Level Three” sticker to place on their banner, a success story on the program website and mention in a press release issued by King County.

• Bellevue School District
• Enumclaw School District
• Federal Way Public Schools
• Highline School District
• Issaquah School District
• Kent School District
• Lake Washington School District
• Mercer Island School District
• Northshore School District
• Renton School District
• Riverview School District
• Snoqualmie Valley School District
• Tahoma School District
• Private schools

Bellevue School District

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Sherwood Forest students with their “We are a Green School” banner

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Enatai students use paper from the paper reuse tray, which holds paper that’s only been used on one side.

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Students serve as light monitors to turn off lights in unoccupied classrooms.

• Ardmore Elementary School (Bellevue)
• Bellevue High School (Bellevue)
• Bennett Elementary School (Bellevue)
• Cherry Crest Elementary School (Bellevue)
• Chinook Middle School (Bellevue)
• Clyde Hill Elementary School (Bellevue)
• Eastgate Elementary School (Bellevue)
• Enatai Elementary School (Bellevue)
• Highland Middle School (Bellevue)
• Interlake High School (Bellevue)
• International School (Bellevue)
• Lake Hills Elementary School (Bellevue)
• Medina Elementary School (Medina)
• Newport Heights Elementary School (Bellevue)
• Newport High School (Bellevue)
• Odle Middle School (Bellevue)
• Phantom Lake Elementary School (Bellevue)
• Puesta del Sol Elementary School (Bellevue)
• Robinswood School (Bellevue)
• Sammamish High School (Bellevue)
• Sherwood Forest Elementary (Bellevue)
• Somerset Elementary School (Bellevue)
• Spiritridge Elementary School (Bellevue)
• Stevenson Elementary School (Bellevue)
• Tillicum Elementary School (Bellevue)
• Tyee Middle School (Bellevue)
• Woodridge Elementary School (Bellevue)

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Enumclaw School District

• Southwood Elementary School (Enumclaw)
• Thunder Mountain Middle School (Enumclaw)

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Federal Way Public Schools

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Nautilus students celebrate conservation successes

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Student leadership team at Gregory Heights

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Liberty High students take pride in a road clean-up effort near the school

• Camelot Elementary School (Auburn)
• Green Gables Elementary School (Federal Way)
• Nautilus K-8 School (Federal Way)
• Rainier View Elementary School (Federal Way)
• Sequoyah Middle School (Auburn)
• Star Lake Elementary School (Kent)
• Twin Lakes Elementary School (Federal Way)

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Highline School District

• Aviation High School (Des Moines)
• Beverly Park Elementary School (unincorporated King County)
• Bow Lake Elementary School (SeaTac)
• Gregory Heights Elementary School (Burien)
• Madrona Elementary School (SeaTac)
• North Hill Elementary School (Des Moines)
• Shorewood Elementary School (Burien)

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Issaquah School District

• Apollo Elementary School (Renton)
• Beaver Lake Middle School (Issaquah)
• Briarwood Elementary School (Renton)
• Cascade Ridge Elementary School (Sammamish)
• Challenger Elementary School (Issaquah)
• Clark Elementary School (Issaquah)
• Cougar Ridge Elementary School (Bellevue)
• Creekside Elementary School (Sammamish)
• Discovery Elementary School (Sammamish)
• Endeavour Elementary School (Issaquah)
• Grand Ridge Elementary School (Issaquah)
• Issaquah High School (Issaquah)
• Issaquah Middle School (Issaquah)
• Issaquah Valley Elementary School (Issaquah)
• Liberty High School (Renton)
• Maywood Middle School (Renton)
• Newcastle Elementary School (Newcastle)
• Pacific Cascade Middle School (Issaquah)
• Pine Lake Middle School (Sammamish)
• Sunny Hills Elementary School (Sammamish)
• Sunset Elementary School (Bellevue)

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Kent School District

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Springbrook’s student Green Team

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Students help educate fellow students about food scrap collection in the Wilder Elementary lunchroom

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Student Green Club at Lakeridge

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Leota Junior High students and staff kick off their food scrap collection program

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High school student at Two Rivers shares recycling information

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Students at Glacier Park recycle milk cartons and bring durable lunch boxes to school

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Information table at Kings School showcasing products made from recyclable materials and the school’s “We are a Green School” banner

• Crestwood Elementary School (Covington)
• Emerald Park Elementary School (Kent)
• Lake Youngs Elementary School (Kent)
• Kent Meridian High School (Kent)
• Martin Sortun Elementary School (Kent)
• Meridian Elementary School (Kent)
• Mill Creek Middle School (Kent)
• Neely-O’Brien Elementary School (Kent)
• Pine Tree Elementary School (Kent)
• Scenic Hill Elementary School (Kent)
• Springbrook Elementary School (Kent)
• Soos Creek Elementary School (Kent)

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Lake Washington School District

• Carl Sandburg Elementary School (Kirkland)
• Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary School (Woodinville)

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Mercer Island School District

• Island Park Elementary School (Mercer Island)
• Islander Middle School (Mercer Island)
• Lakeridge Elementary School (Mercer Island)
• Mercer Island High School (Mercer Island)
• West Mercer Elementary School (Mercer Island)

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Northshore School District

• Arrowhead Elementary School (Kenmore)
• Bothell High School (Bothell)
• Canyon Creek Elementary School (Bothell)
• Inglemoor High School (Kenmore)
• Leota Junior High School (Woodinville)
• Skyview Junior High School (Bothell)
• Sunrise Elementary School (Redmond)
• Woodinville High School (Woodinville)

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Renton School District

• John H. McKnight Middle School (Renton)
• Lakeridge Elementary School (unincorporated King County)
• Renton Park Elementary School (Renton)

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Riverview School District

• Carnation Elementary School (Carnation)
• Eagle Rock Multi–Age School (Duvall)

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Snoqualmie Valley School District

• Cascade View Elementary School (Snoqualmie)
• Fall City Elementary School (Fall City)
• North Bend Elementary School (North Bend)
• Snoqualmie Elementary School (Snoqualmie)
• Twin Falls Middle School (North Bend)
• Two Rivers School (North Bend)

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Tahoma School District

• Cedar River Middle School (Maple Valley)
• Glacier Park Elementary School (Maple Valley)
• Lake Wilderness Elementary School (Maple Valley)
• Rock Creek Elementary School (Maple Valley)
• Shadow Lake Elementary School (Maple Valley)
• Tahoma Junior High School (Ravensdale)
• Tahoma Middle School (Maple Valley)
• Tahoma Senior High School (Covington)

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Private schools

• Academy Schools (Tukwila)
• Chestnut Hill Academy (Bellevue)
• Eastside Preparatory School (Kirkland)
• Eton School (Bellevue)
• Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart (Bellevue)
• Green River Montessori School (Auburn)
• Kings Schools System (Shoreline)
• Montessori Children’s House (Redmond)
• The Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle (Bellevue)
• The Overlake School (Redmond)
• Woodinville Montessori School (Bothell and Woodinville)

School districts

The following school districts are participating in the Green Schools Program.

Three of the districts – Bellevue, Mercer Island and Tahoma – have received recognition as Level One Green School Districts. In June 2011, the Bellevue School District was recognized as a Level Two Green School District. The other districts are working toward completing Level One.

• Bellevue School District
• Federal Way School District
• Highline School District
• Issaquah School District
• Kent School District
• Mercer Island School District
• Tahoma School District
• Vashon School District

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