The goal of the Green School Initiative is to recognize schools in Cobb County that have an active environmental education and outdoor learning program and to encourage teachers to facilitate ecological enrichment and appreciation for the natural world with their students. Green Schools are recognized annually with a sign noting the school as GREEN, SILVER, GOLD or PLATINUM level for the participating year.
Become A Green School:
- School designates a Lead Teacher.
- Lead Teacher fills out a Green School application.
- Additional details will be sent to lead teacher by Cobb Water staff.
- Lead teacher coordinates school participation of 4 Green Lessons and 1 Blue Earth practices.
- Lead teacher ensures activity logs are submitted by the last Friday in March of the current school year.
- Award level designations will be announced and signs delivered before the end of the school year.
Become a Green Classroom:
- Facilitate 4 Green Lessons and 1 Blue Earth Practice.
- Submit lesson documentation (activity log) before the deadline.
Award Level Designations:
Green School award level is determined by the percentage of classrooms in the school who qualify as Green Classrooms.
- Platinum: 50% of classrooms
- Gold: 40% of classrooms
- Silver: 30% of classrooms
- Green: 20% of classrooms
2024-25 Green Schools
2024-25 Cobb County Green Schools
Schools receiving the PLATINUM award, at least 50% of classrooms earning Green status:Bells Ferry Elementary; Blackwell Elementary; Bullard Elementary; Compton Elementary; Davis Elementary; East Side Elementary; Ford Elementary; The Garden School; King Springs Elementary; McCall Primary; McCleskey Middle; Still Elementary, Tritt Elementary; Vaughan Elementary.
Schools receiving the GOLD award, at least 40% of classrooms earning Green status:
Baker Elementary; Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (MCAA); Keheley Elementary; Shallowford Falls Elementary.
Schools receiving the SILVER award, at least 30% of classrooms earning Green status:
Addison Elementary; Austell Elementary; Due West Elementary; Murdock Elementary; Simpson Middle.
Schools receiving the GREEN award, at least 20% of classrooms earning Green status:
Nickajack Elementary
In total, 24 schools participated in the initiative and achieved Green School status for the 2024-25 school year. These designations represent the work of 417 teachers who taught a total of 2,085 lessons and reported 2,856 hours of environmental education for 21,840 students.