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GES Second Grade Teacher Pilots Green School Program

  • by Caroline Hanks

Students and staff at Greenbelt Elementary School (GES) are getting hands-on with sustainability practices to become a Green School within the Maryland Green Schools (MDGS) Award Program in March, a process which began in 2016.
The Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE) established the MDGS in 1999 to increase sustainability awareness in schools, according to the MAEOE website. The website lists another local school, Greenbelt Middle School, as having already achieved its Green School status, joining 95 other Green Schools in Prince George’s County.
Ayla Pommerehn, a second grade teacher at GES, leads the school’s current green efforts.

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Four children stand next to two trash cans in a school hallway.
2nd grade students Ryan, Amanda, Oliver and Neyomi recycle items from breakfast. Photo by Ingrid Cowan Hass.
A map of Greenbelt shows orange highlighted areas to the north and east of the municipal city limits. Area 1, at the northwest, is labeled WMATA and USDA Land. Area 2, at the northeast, is labeled USDA Land. Area 3, at the east, is labeled USDA and NASA land.

Public Hearing on Proposed Annexation Rescheduled to March 9

The City of Greenbelt has rescheduled a public hearing on proposed annexation resolutions. The new date is March 9, 2026

A brown-skinned woman with long brown hair, in a blue dress with a white grid pattern, and black boots. She stands at a wooden lectern with upraised hands and wide-spread arms. Behind her is a flag of Israel draping down from an indoor pole-stand, in front of a gray stone wall.

County Executive Aisha Braveboy Talks All Things with Residents

Greenbelt’s Mishkan Torah Synagogue hosted Prince George’s County Executive Aisha Braveboy for a community discussion on Sunday, February 8, with

Three children, holding hands, walk across snow, in front of a brown brick apartment building and a green hedge. The three children are in black, pink, and blue winter coats, left to right, respectively.

Snowcrete Recovery Challenging; Franklin Park Felt Forgotten

As various communities in the city attempted to deal with the aftermath of the storm, some areas were clear sooner

City Council Considers State Legislation, ATHA and Snow

The Greenbelt City Council met Monday, February 2 for a worksession focused primarily on proposed state legislative bills deemed relevant

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