Students Designing for Students
The upward stretching palms of a half-dozen or so seventh and eighth graders at High Desert Montessori School (HDMS) were reaching tall, patiently...
Nevada State Board of Education Awards HDMS Nevada's First Green Ribbon School Award
April 27th, the Nevada State Board of Education presented Tammie Stockton, High Desert Montessori School Principal with Nevada's first Green...
EcoStudents Expands!
Now in it's second school year, the EcoStudents program has expanded to the 7th, 8th and 9th grades. The Sustainability Curriculum has also been...
Washoe County Commissioners Support EcoStudents
The Washoe County Board of Commissioners have passed a proclamation supporting the EcoStudents program.
EcoStudents Alliance
EcoStudents become EcoCitizens. EcoCitizens are citizen scientists that protect and preserve the environment.
Help EcoStudents Improve Learning Environment and Reduct Energy Consumption
High Desert Montessori School’s EcoStudents want to improve the light levels and learning environment in their school.
Help Students Learn To Live Consciously
High Desert Montessori School (HDMS) teacher Nicole Commons needs $9,000 to complete a year-round greenhouse to teach students botany through...
Help EcoStudents Reduce Plastic and Water Waste
High Desert Montessori School EcoStudents want to reduce the school's plastic and water waste.
EcoStudents And Aloiau Architecture Design Three Story Building
High Desert Montessori's first LEED Certification project is the renovation of an empty three story building.
Outdoor Learning Landmark Reached
Over the summer Sustainable Nevada worked with High Desert Montessori to purchase the empty 1.8-acre lot between the school's Silverado and Orvada...
High Desert Montessori School Lunch Program Goes Local and Organic
High Desert Montessori School Principal Tammie Stockton was in grade school in the 1980's. She remembers what school-provided lunches, used to be...
