Steel Valley recognized as Healthy School Awardee by Women for a Healthy Environment

The Steel Valley School District has been recognized as a 2022-23 Healthy School Awardee by Women for a Healthy Environment. The organization's Healthy Schools Recognition Program celebrates schools throughout the region that take steps to "create a green and healthy learning environment for their school community."

The program provides a Healthy Schools Recognition Checklist that participating schools can work towards, with more completed activities resulting in a higher honor.

In announcing the awards, Women for a Healthy Environment cited Steel Valley's efforts to go green across multiple areas as worthy of recognition.

"As a returning 2018-2019 awardee, Steel Valley School District received recognition for maintaining their Honor Roll status by offering at least one teaching unit on alternative energy or an environmental issue, creating a school green team, testing for radon, offering a salad bar daily, and maintaining a beautiful garden at their elementary school," the organization said. "Steel Valley also has a robust recycling program which includes office paper, newspapers/magazines, cardboard, art supplies (crayons and markers), plastic bags, plastic, and metal cans."

Steel Valley was recognized along with The Ellis School, Eden Hall Upper Elementary and Hance Elementary School in the Pine-Richland School District, Allison Park Elementary School in the Chartiers-Houston School District, and Arsenal Middle School of Pittsburgh Public Schools.