Patapsco Middle School is representative of a Maryland Green School. Our entire community of students, parents and staff has
embraced the efforts we have put in place to reduce the amount of energy, water
and paper we use, our efforts to recycle products, and improve the quality of
the water that runs off of our school property and makes it way to the
Chesapeake Bay. Parents have purchased products manufactured by companies that
participate in the TerraCycling program, and students have recycled these
products during their lunch times, as well as bringing products from home that
can be TerraCycled. Teachers and parents have reduced the amount of paper they
use through the use of the staff Wiki communication tool and newsletters sent
to home as a result of the use of electronic communications. In addition, each
teacher has a bin to collect scrap paper which can be reused by both students
and staff. Teachers also have a recycle bin, which is collected weekly by
students.