Objective 1.3.2: Sustainable Schools
Systemic Partnership
Systemic Partnership with Baltimore City Public Schools
Description: For the past few years HHA has had a sustainability coordinator. However during the 2018-2020 school years, HHA has partnered with the office of sustainability at Baltimore City Public Schools to implement waste reduction efforts at our school.
Letter from Baltimore City Public Schools
Green Healthy Smart Challenge Grant
Date: December 2019
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Description: Green Healthy Smart Challenge Grant
With the help of parent volunteers, we wrote and were awarded this grant to help us with our waste reduction efforts this year. The money from this grant was used to purchase cloth table linens, cloth napkins, compostable cutlery and re-usable plates. Because of these purchases, and the donated services of a commercial composting company, we were able to vastly reduce the amount of waste generated during our quarterly Community Arts Night dinners!
For the GHSC application we submitted to the Office of Sustainability had the following breakdown of expenses to help us reduce our waste and carbon footprint during our community arts night events.
Letter from Baltimore Community Foundation
Great Kids Farm
Date: May 27, 2020
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Description: HHA’s second grade classes, 85 students, will be visiting Great Kids Farm as part of the What Do Plants Need? Our free field trip, which lasts 10:00am - 1:30pm, aligns with the What Do Plants Need? unit of the 2nd graders’ science curriculum and includes hands-on activities related to planting, pollination, and healthful eating.