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Success Stories: 2008–2009

Earth Heroes Staff and students at Snoqualmie Elementary School receive Earth Heroes at School award from King County Executive Ron Sims, April 2008.

In 2008–2009, 42 schools completed level one of the Green Schools Program. Click on the links below to read their success stories. Also see the success stories of 2003–2007 participants.

Each school received a “We are a King County Green School” banner, a certificate of recognition, a success story on the program Web site and mention in a press release issued by King County.

The 42 schools are divided below as follows: Public schools in school districts that are participating in the program are listed under the name of their school district.  Other public schools and private schools are listed separately.

• Bellevue School District
• Highline School District
• Issaquah School District
• Kent School District
• Tahoma School District
• Other public schools
• Private schools

Also listed below are districts and schools that participated in the program during 2008–2009 and that will continue to work on completing level one during 2009–2010.

In the Bellevue School District: 15 schools completed level one

• Bellevue High School (Bellevue)
• Cherry Crest Elementary School (Bellevue)
• Chinook Middle School (Bellevue)
• Highland Middle School (Bellevue)
• Interlake High School (Bellevue)
• Lake Hills Elementary School (Bllevue)
• Medina Elementary School (Medina)
• Newport Heights Elementary School (Bellevue)
• Newport High School (Bellevue)
• Odle Middle School (Bellevue)
• Puesta del Sol Elementary School (Bellevue)
• Sammamish High School (Bellevue)
• Sherwood Forest Elementary (Bellevue)
• Somerset Elementary School (Bellevue)
• Tyee Middle School (Bellevue)

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In the Highline School District: three schools completed level one

• Beverly Park Elementary School (unincorporated King County)
• Madrona Elementary School (SeaTac)
• North Hill Elementary School (Des Moines)

In the Issaquah School District: one school completed level one

• Pine Lake Middle School (Issaquah School District, Sammamish)

In the Kent School District: three schools completed level one

• Martin Sortun Elementary School (Kent)
• Neely O’Brien Elementary School (Kent)
• Scenic Hill Elementary School (Kent)

In the Tahoma School District: one school completed level one

• Glacier Park Elementary School (Maple Valley)

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Other public schools that completed level one

• Arrowhead Elementary School (Northshore School District, Kenmore)
• Carl Sandburg Elementary School (Lake Washington School District, Kirkland)
• Carnation Elementary School (Riverview School District, Carnation)
• Cascade View Elementary School (Snoqualmie Valley School District, Snoqualmie)
• Eagle Rock Multi–Age School (Riverview School District, Duvall)
• Fall City Elementary School (Snoqualmie School District, Fall City)
• Island Park Elementary School (Mercer Island School District, Mercer Island)
• Islander Middle School (Mercer Island School District, Mercer Island)
• North Bend Elementary School (Snoqualmie Valley School District, North Bend)
• Sequoyah Middle School (Federal Way Public Schools, Auburn)
• Skyview Junior High (Northshore School District, Bothell)
• Snoqualmie Elementary School (Snoqualmie Valley School District, Snoqualmie)
• Southwood Elementary School (Enumclaw School District, Enumclaw)
• Sunrise Elementary School (Northshore School District, Redmond)
• Twin Falls Middle School (Snoqualmie Valley School District, North Bend)

Private schools that completed level one:

• Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart (Bellevue)
• Kings Schools System (Shoreline)
• Montessori Children’s House (Redmond)
• The Overlake School (Redmond)

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The following school districts and schools participated in the Green Schools Program during 2008–2009.  They will continue to work on completing level one of the program during 2009–2010.

School districts

• Bellevue School District
• Highline School District
• Issaquah School District
• Kent School District
• Tahoma School District

Schools

• Camelot Elementary School (Federal Way Public Schools, Auburn)
• Cascade Ridge Elementary School (Issaquah School District, Sammamish)
• Cedar River Middle School (Maple Valley)
• Cedarcrest High School (Riverview School District, Duvall)
• Chief Kanim Middle School (Snoqualmie Valley School District, Fall City)
• Discovery Elementary School (Issaquah School District, Sammamish)
• Endeavour Elementary School (Issaquah School District, Issaquah)
• Global Connections High School (SeaTac)
• Green Gables Elementary School (Federal Way Public Schools, Federal Way)
• Gregory Heights Elementary School (Burien)
• Kent-Meridian High School (Kent)
• Kentridge High School (Kent)
• Kentwood Senior High School (Kent)
• Lake Wilderness Elementary School (Maple Valley)
• Leota Junior High (Northshore School District, Woodinville)
• Maywood Middle School (Issaquah School District, Renton)
• Mercer Island High School (Mercer Island School District, Mercer Island)
• Mill Creek Middle School (Kent)
• Northwood Middle School (Renton)
• Odyssey The Essential School (SeaTac)
• Pacific Middle School (Des Moines)
• Rock Creek Elementary School (Maple Valley)
• Shadow Lake Elementary School (Maple Valley)
• Tahoma Junior High (Ravensdale)
• Tahoma Middle School (Maple Valley)
• Tahoma Senior High School (Covington)
• The Attic Learning Community (private, Woodinville)
• The Jewish Day School (private, Bellevue)
• Thunder Mountain Middle School (Enumclaw School District, Enumclaw)
• Two Rivers School (Snoqualmie Valley School District, North Bend)
• Woodinville High School (Northshore School District, Woodinville)

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