The Mount Arlington School has been awarded a Sustainable Jersey for School grant for its rain garden project. From left are: Mount Arlington Borough Councilman Andrew Cangiano, Co-Director of Sustainable Jersey Donna Drewes, Mount Arlington Superintendent Jane Jameson, Mount Arlington Schools STEM Coordinator Julie Crawford, PSEG Services Corporation Environmental Policy Enterprise Manager Russell J.
The Mount Arlington School has been awarded a Sustainable Jersey for School grant for its rain garden project. From left are: Mount Arlington Borough Councilman Andrew Cangiano, Co-Director of Sustainable Jersey Donna Drewes, Mount Arlington Superintendent Jane Jameson, Mount Arlington Schools STEM Coordinator Julie Crawford, PSEG Services Corporation Environmental Policy Enterprise Manager Russell J.
MOUNT ARLINGTON a The Mount Arlington School has been awarded a $2,000 Sustainable Jersey for Schools capacity-building grant funded by the PSEG Foundation.
The grant will be used to further enhance the schoolas rain garden.
Thirty-two $2,000 grants were distributed to fund a variety of projects including food composting, outdoor classrooms, sustainability education, rainwater collection, recycling and more.
Mount Arlington School was the only district in Morris County to receive a grant, according to a release issued by the K-8 district.
The grant will be used to give students a project-based program to expand its recently certified rain garden.
aThe grants create an opportunity for teachers, administrators and their respective communities to shape the future of their students and schools for years to come,a said Donna Drewes, who co-directs Sustainable Jersey with Randall Solomon. The Sustainable Jersey for Schools grants are intended to help school districts and schools make progress toward a sustainable future in general, and specifically toward Sustainable Jersey for Schools certification.
Currently 161 districts and 427 schools have registered to work toward Sustainable Jersey for Schools certification.
aThrough the dedication of Mount Arlingtonas community-wide Green Team, students at Mount Arlington School have learned the importance of maintaining their demonstration rain garden and are using this resource as a learning tool for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) applications,a she said.
aThe garden, which was original installed four years ago, is thriving due to the dedicated efforts of students, and the garden is now certified as a demonstration rain garden by Rutgers University.a
The garden will serve as learning center for the students as well as the community.
