Kudos to Rise STEM Academy for Environmental Awards
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Kudos to Rise STEM Academy for Environmental Awards
Rise STEM students Fatou Cham and Marley Murray went to D.C. this summer.
The National Energy Education Development Project (NEED) recently saluted Rise STEM Academy for Girls as Kentucky’s 2025 Elementary School of the Year. Rise was also singled out for Outstanding Energy Engineering and Design Project.
The school’s Green Team spearheaded the Cafeteria Cleanup, in which they worked with high school students from The HILL to design and build a lunch station for dumping excess milk, recycling the milk carton, saving unopened food, composting the waste, and disposing of trash. Representing their school, Fatou Cham and Marley Murray attended the 45th annual NEED Youth Energy Conference in Washington, D.C., this summer to accept the awards.
Other 2025 Green Honors in FCPS
Kentucky Green Schools Champions
- Arlington Elementary (Silver Level)
- Athens-Chilesburg Elementary (Silver Level)
- Cardinal Valley Elementary (Green Level)
- Cassidy Elementary (Silver Level)
- Coventry Oak Elementary (Green Level)
- Picadome Elementary (Silver Level)
- Rise STEM Academy (Silver Level)
- Yates Elementary (Silver Level)
Additionally, Picadome met all the criteria for recognition as a U.S. Green Ribbon School, but the federal Department of Education suspended its program in April.
FCPS Sustainability + Wellness Scorecard Champions
- Cardinal Valley Elementary – Sustainability Literacy and Overall 3-Pillar Champion
- Cassidy Elementary – Sustainability Literacy; Environmental Impact; Overall 3-Pillar Champion
- Deep Springs Elementary – Student/Staff Wellness
- Millcreek Elementary – Overall 3-Pillar Champion
- Rosa Parks Elementary – Student/Staff Wellness
- Rise STEM Academy for Girls – Sustainability Literacy and Overall 3-Pillar Champion
- Jessie Clark Middle School – Student/Staff Wellness
- Southern Middle School – Sustainability Literacy; Environmental Impact; Overall 3-Pillar Champion
- Henry Clay High School – Sustainability Literacy; Environmental Impact; Overall 3-Pillar Champion
- Paul Laurence Dunbar High School – Student/Staff Wellness
For more information about going green in Fayette County Public Schools, please reach out to Tresine Logsdon, our district’s Energy & Sustainability coordinator.