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Creating Meaningful Partnerships within a Building: An Example From a 2012 Green School Radnor Middle School Radnor Township School District Wayne, PA. Anthony Stevenson Principal Radnor Middle School Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087. BENEFITS OF GREEN. Promote Environmental Stewardship
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Creating Meaningful Partnerships within a Building: An Example From a 2012 Green School Radnor Middle School Radnor Township School District Wayne, PA Anthony Stevenson Principal Radnor Middle School Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
BENEFITS OF GREEN • Promote Environmental Stewardship • Energy Efficiency • Financial Sustainability • Reduce Absentees/Promote Student Achievement • Elimination of Staff Complaints • Save $$$ • Reduce Environmental Impact • Improve Indoor Environment • Become Teaching Model
RADNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL DESIGN CRITERIA: KIDS FIRST • THE BEST POSSIBLE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT • High performance building • Availability of technology • Researched design details • Building as a Teaching Tool • SECURITY • Student supervision • Access control • Community friendly • FLEXIBILITY • Team teaching clusters • Modular spaces • Relocatable partitions • Systems designed to change
80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Design Maintenance Construction Utilities US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUILDING LIFE CYCLE COSTING
Student Initiatives Green Partners Collaborative Big Local Organic Movement School Veggie Garden Native Species Initiative Backyard Habitat
Students Using Building as Teaching Tool Recycling Environmental Awareness Green Touch Screen Virtual Classroom Fund Raising Paper Collection Walk and Bike to School
STEMScience Technology Engineering Math Gateways Project Lead the Way
Watershed Program Nationally Recognized Local Watershed Studies Integrated Approach
RADNOR MIDDLE SCHOOL “The school with a heart, in the heart of Wayne”
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Anthony Stevenson Radnor Middle School E-mail: anthony.stevenson@rtsd.org Tel: (610) 688-8100 Ext. 7501