WSD project wins ‘Sustainable School’ award

The Washington State Department of Ecology recently selected the Washougal School District for its Waste Not Washington Sustainable School Award, which promotes sustainability and rewards school efforts to reduce waste, recycle and teach environmental curriculum.

“It’s rare to find a school district where this passion is just as strong with the superintendent as it is with the students. Superintendent Mary Templeton is dedicated to and supportive of this work, (which is) happening in every school in Washougal School District,” Shannon Brennan of EarthGen, a Seattle-based non-profit organization which provides a framework for K-12 school communities to take long term action and earn recognition for their commitment to make a healthier, more sustainable campus, said in a news release. “Washougal School District has demonstrated time and time again their dedication to  healthy, sustainable school communities.”