Sustainability

The GL community is committed to sustainability.

Highlights: 

• 2022 - The Board of Education adopted a Sustainability Policy and GL was the only NJ high school recognized as an Arbor Day Tree Campus K-12 School. Read more here. 

• 2020 - GL became the only NJ high school to have a certified Arboretum.

• 2017 - AP Environmental Science students installed a pollinator garden.

• 2016 - Rutgers installed a rain garden to capture stormwater runoff.

• 2015 - We won a $10,000 Sustainable Jersey grant to upgrade lighting in our gyms.

• 2012 - The district installed solar panels at GL and Woodruff Elementary.

• Since 2016, GL students have planted 32 native trees on campus.

• Since 2015, we have installed six water bottle refill stations.

• We have a long-running Environmental Club.

• We have three outdoor classrooms.

• Each year, more than 125 GL students take an Environmental Science course.

• We partner with the Berkeley Heights Environmental Commission to restore habitats, plant trees, and educate community members.