Outstanding Educator
Annie Oxarart
Annie Oxarart is an environmental education program coordinator at the University of Florida in Gainesville, who led Florida’s GreenSchools pilot program.
Annie Oxarart is an environmental education program coordinator at the University of Florida in Gainesville, who led Florida’s GreenSchools pilot program.
Michael Hotz is a science teacher at Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, Kansas, who focuses on environmental education and leads his school’s Green Team.
Donald (Don) Sprangers is a science teacher at Washington Academy in Machias, Maine, who has integrated PLT into many of his lesson plans.
Jennifer Edwards is the lead science teacher at Ronald Brown Academy in Detroit, Michigan, where she inspires students through PLT lessons and field trips.
John Hunt is a professor in the Teacher Education & Leadership program at Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi, and is committed to environmental education.
Lisa Saunders teaches fifth graders at Bicentennial Elementary School in Nashua, New Hampshire, and promotes the use of the PLT curriculum.
Jessica Olenych works with K-12 students and teachers in Arkville, New York, on forestry and watershed education, through Common Ground Educational Consulting.
Sara Ivey is the Executive Director of the Oklahoma GreenSchools Program at the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, where she advocates for environmental education.
Victoria Pasco teaches at the Science Discovery Center at Catawba Trail Elementary School in Elgin, South Carolina, and has used PLT resources since the 1980s.
With PLT activities infused across the curriculum and some amazing student accomplishments, this school is a model for others wanting to build a GreenSchools program.