Ocean Guardian School

Ocean Guardian Schools in the News

2024

NOAA Ocean Guardian Schools

• Planet vs. Plastics: 10 education programs to inspire you this Earth Day
• Ocean Month 2024: What we can learn from youth taking action

Adams Elementary

• Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Jr / Sr High School: APW Conservation Club Once Again Attains Status as Ocean Guardian School
• Meet a Cohort of Santa Barbara ‘Climate Stewards’

Kellogg Elementary

• Making the Switch from Plastic

University Elementary at La Fiesta

• Wildlife habitat created at elementary school
• Students help to protect the health of their local watershed
• University Elementary at La Fiesta students and volunteers create rainwater ditch

2023

NOAA Ocean Guardian Schools

• NOAA Ocean Guardian Schools Lead Environmental Action Across the Nation

Dimond High School

• Anchorage high schoolers learn how far — and remote — trash can travel via the ocean

Lincoln Middle School

• Lincoln Middle School Climate Projects Spur Change Across District

Thunder Mountain High School

• Thunder Mountain High School gets NOAA Ocean Guardian 5-year banner

Yorkshire Academy

• Yorkshire Academy named Houston's 1st NOAA Ocean Guardian school

2022

Dimond High School

• Students Remove Marine Debris from Prince William Sound Beaches

John F. Kennedy High School

• It is frustrating': Students haul car parts, ACs, trash bags out of illegal dump site

2020

Blue Heron Middle School

• Future scientists plant trees at Salmon Creek

2019

Salesian Elementary & Junior High School

• Salesian Students Work on Project Ocean

Yorkshire Academy

• Yorkshire Academy, 'Houston's 1st Ocean Guardian School'!

Goleta Family School

• Students stop single-use plastic at its source

Ocean Studies Charter School

• Florida Keys teacher connects NOAA science with students and beyond

2018

Adams Elementary School

• Skip the straw movement gets support from local kids

Calabasas Elementary School

• After-school team changing school’s environmental culture

Thunder Mountain High School

Sayéik Gastineau Elementary School

• Juneau schools launch Ocean Guardian program to combat marine mess

Salesian Elementary & Junior High School

• Salesian students work to protect ocean

2017

North Point High School

• North Point Students meet Environmentalist Cousteau

2016

J.C. Parks Elementary School

• J.C. Parks Elementary School Honored by NOAA as an Ocean Guardian School

Lincoln Middle School

• Alameda: Lincoln Middle School Reaches Environmental Milestone

North Point High School

• North Point High School Earns Ocean Guardian School Banner
• North Point Students Help Plant Trees for Future Park

2015

California East Bay Schools

• Oakland Schools Recognized by NOAA for Environmental Projects
• Alameda: Lincoln students honored as 'Ocean Guardians'

Carmel High

• Carmel High : Carmel teens advance in Ocean Health Xprize competition

Carmel Unified School District

• Carmel Unified School District: Nation’s First Ocean Guardian School District

Gault School

• Gault students restore natural habitat

Monterey Peninsula Schools

• Ground Zero Waste

Santa Paula High School

• Hydration station opens at SPHS

Washington Middle School

• Washington Middle School: How Does Your School Garden Grow?

2013

Kenwood Elementary School  

• Kenwood Elementary: Kenwood School kids need your help to reduce plastic pollution

Willow Creek Academy

• Willow Creek Academy: Marin's watersheds and their many "Friends", p. 1

2012

Hueneme High School  

• Hueneme High School: NOAA honors Hueneme High for its work as an Ocean Guardian School
  

2011

Pacific Grove Middle School

• Pacific Grove Middle School : Ocean Guardians Essay Prize Winners
  
• Pacific Grove Middle School : Paper, Plastic or Planet?
  
• Pacific Grove Middle School : Why Balloons are Verboten in Pacific Grove
  

Scotts Valley Middle School 

• NOAA Grant Helps Scotts Valley Middle School Students Ditch Plastic Bottles

2010

Pacific Grove Middle School

• Pacific Grove Middle School : Luke Hiserman's letter to Pacific Grove City Council in support of Pacific Grove Middle School ban on ballons proposal
• Pacific Grove Middle School : PG Middle School Sponsors Beach Cleanup
• Pacific Grove Middle School : Algal Blooms Harm Wildlife - and Pets