Co-curricular Programs - Environmental Studies

High Meadows Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies Overview - A Journey of Discovery

To educate and empower our community of learners, High Meadows provides an environmental studies program, E.E.A.R.R.T.H. (Education, Empowerment, Action, Respect, and Responsibility to Help). “Falling in love” with special places and animals at High Meadows and the nearby community, relating nature and environmental issues to our lives in positive ways, and using cross-curriculum discovery learning and service projects that include Character Education, are all a part of our journey.

Students are also involved in the Junior Master Gardener program, G.L.O.B.E. (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment), Adopt-A-Stream, River of Words, and Chattahoochee Nature Center’s Junior Naturalists program.

Outdoor Classroom Features include:

  • 40 acre wooded campus
  • Amphitheater
  • Bird Feeding Station
  • Compost Bin, Meadows
  • Butterflies/Insect Pollinators
  • Vegetable, Herb and Bog Gardens
  • Native Plant Landscape
  • Nature Trail
  • Picnic Tables, Benches, and other study sites
  • Sundial
  • Supplemental Water Source for Wildlife
  • Weather Station
  • Wildlife Shelter
  • Labyrinth

Recognition for Excellence in Environmental Studies (Awards):

  • 2006 River of Words National Grand Prize Art Winner for Grades 3 – 6
  • 2004 Roswell Environmental School and Teacher of the Year

Certifications:

  • Georgia Native Plant Habitat (Georgia Native Plant Society)
  • Schoolyard Wildlife Habitat (National Wildlife Federation)
  • Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary (Atlanta Audubon Society)
  • Pollinator Garden Certification (Monarchs Across Georgia)

Community Partners:

  • Keep North Fulton Beautiful/EverGreen Schools Program
  • Chattahoochee Nature Center
  • Fulton County Master Gardeners
  • The Clean Air Campaign
  • Environmental Education of Georgia
  • Monarchs Across Georgia

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