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The Environmental Forum of Marin Past LEEF Grants


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The Forum's Community Development Committee Awards team promotes environmental education and practices in our school. One of its activities is to select projects from Marin County schools, or education-related institutions working on projects for children, for Living Environmental Education Fund (LEEF) grants, furthering environmental consciousness and practices in our youths. Below are past LEEF grantees.


2002 Mary Silvera School, San Rafael Creation of Garden Art from Recycled Material - K-5 grades
2002 Reed Elementary School, Tiburon Creation of Native Marin garden - Two Kindergarten classes
2002 Marin Academic Center (program of Sunny Hills Children's Garden) Creation of school-wide Composting program - K-6th grade
2002 Dixie Elementary School, San Rafael Study of Life Cycles in Miller Creek - Kindergarten
2002 Loma Verde Elementary School, Novato Study of Steelhead Life Cycles -grades 3 & 5
2002 Coleman Elementary School, San Rafael Study of Birds & Ecological Concepts - 4th grade
2001 SEED Greenhouse and nursery project - 4th graders throughout Marin
2001 Strawberry Point School, Mill Valley Worm bin study - 1st grade
2001 Lagunitas School, San Geronimo Study of salmon, making "wishing poles" & trip to Kent Lake led by Environmentalist Jeanne Berensmeier - 4th grade
2001 Reed School, Tiburon Garden plots with ladybugs and worms - 6 kindergarten classes
2001 Manor School, Fairfax Planters/birdbaths for swallows for participation in Schoolyard Birdwatch Program through Cornell Univ. - 3rd & 4th grades
2001 Inverness School, Point Reyes Station Save Our Live Oak - three K - 1 classes
2001 Miller Creek Middle School, San Rafael Purchase of native plants for restoration of Miller Creek - 7th grade
2001 San Domenico Primary School, San Anselmo Purchase of trees for creek restoration - 4th grade
2001 Ross School, Ross Junior Botanist program designed and sponsored by California Native Plant Society - 1st grade
2001 Brookside School, San Anselmo Study of local and regional habitats - 3rd grade
2000 Bahia Vista Elementary School, San Rafael Field Trip to Angel Island to study geography, birds, wetland - 2nd grade
2000 Brookside Elementary School, San Anselmo To study keeping our water clean with green practices - K - 2
2000 Hamilton Elementary School, Novato Fencing, irrigation and plants for an orchard - 4th grade
2000 Novato Charter School, Novato Purchase of native trees and perennial seeds; each student responsible for one tree or plant - 1st - 8th grades
2000 Reed Elementary School, Tiburon Worms, seeds and magnifying glasses for garden - Kindergarten
2000 San Jose Middle School, Novato School Garden
2000 SEED Funding for native trees and plants to be used at several school sites
2000 Sinaloa Middle School, Novato Production of "Alison in Consumerland" - 8th grade
2000 West Marin Elementary School, Point Reyes Station Garden Project - grades 1 - 3
1999 Bayside Martin Luther King School, Sausalito Books "Exploring the Earth's Biomes", set #2 to enhance the school's gardening project
1999 Edna Maguire School, Mill Valley Books to enhance the school's gardening project
1999 Gallinas School, San Rafael Field trips and measuring devices for gardening purposes
1999 Hill Middle School, Novato Books to enhance Creek Club activities, a new science program, and the establishment and maintenance of an organic garden
1999 Lagunitas School, San Geronimo Materials to study and monitor the water quality of Larson Creek
1999 Park School, Mill Valley Plants for a school-wide native plant garden
1999 San Marin High School, San Marin Supplies to build a watering system for the school's biome project
1999 San Pedro School, San Rafael 3-sectioned box compost pile to nourish the school's seven garden boxes
1999 SEED Trees to be planted at various school sites to celebrate Earth Day
1998 Davidson Middle School, San Rafael Grow-light for science unit on plant growth
1998 Individual, EFM graduate and educator Marine environmental protection classroom presentations
1998 Novato Charter School, Novato 35 4-inch dip nets and 4 observation containers for creek study
1998 San Pedro School, San Rafael Books in Spanish and English on the school garden
1998 San Rafael High School, San Rafael Toward purchase of a kit to measure dissolved oxygen in water
1998 Sinaloa Middle School, Novato Field guides and handbooks to study Vineyard Creek habitat
1998 Terra Linda High School, San Rafael Two 3-inch tall single-container slotted bins to promote recycling
1998 Tomales Elementary School, Tomales Field kits for "Steelhead in the Classroom" program
1997 Bahia Vista Elementary School, San Rafael For a team of teachers to attend the P.E.A.C.H.E.S. summer institute program
1997 Lynwood Elementary School, Novato To study steelhead trout in the classroom
1997 Miller Creek Middle School, San Rafael To study multi-level land/water environments
1997 Tomales Elementary School, Tomales To build solar cookers in conjunction with Earth Day
1996 Hill Middle School, Novato Worm box with supplies and seed for the Life Lab Garden
1996 Lagunitas Middle School, San Geronimo 2 scholarships for overnight environmental field trip
1996 Novato High School, Novato Purchase of "Eco East Africa," a CD-ROM virtual simulation game
1996 San Rafael High School, San Rafael Spanish language science reference materials
1996 Sea Partner Program - Coast Guard Reserve Environmental Watershed Diorama
1995 Manor School, Fairfax Tools needed for the Nature Trail program in which students will pull broom, study its impacts and analyze the long-term effects of their efforts
1995 Redwood High School, Larkspur Books and software to support a new school-wide commitment to address environmental issues
1995 San Andreas High School, Larkspur Soil amendments and tools for the student organic garden, incorporating curricula in biology, nutrition, water conservation, social studies and math
1995 San Rafael High School, San Rafael Purchase of reference work, "Environment on File," used for student research and shared by teachers
1995 Terra Linda High School, San Rafael Tools to support a field program focusing on wetland and creek ecology
1994 Individual Water pollution test kit for study of the Bay Estuary, shared in the labs of all biology and science teachers - 9th/10th grade integrated science students
1994 Bolinas School, Bolinas "Nature Scope" publications of the National Wildlife Federation, applied to hands-on activities and shared with K-6th students
1994 Bolinas-Stinson School, Bolinas Purchase of "Earth Alert" environmental publications for secondary students
1994 Kent Middle School, Kentfield Equipment for profile of tidally influenced creek ecosystem in extended research and application
1993 Edna Maguire Elementary School, Mill Valley Purchase of wheelbarrows and seeds for the Children's Garden used by all classrooms for science, math, art, social studies
1993 Lagunitas Middle School, San Geronimo Supplies to build fencing and beds for the Science Lab garden
1993 Mewah Mt. High School, Larkspur Purchase of natural soil amendments, compost and mixers for the student organic garden
1993 Mill Valley Middle School, Mill Valley Software "Decisions, Decision, the Environment" to apply learning on environmental clean-up to public policy decisions
1993 San Rafael High School, San Rafael Supplies for an innovative laboratory project on toxicity
1993 Terra Linda High School, San Rafael Supplies to build lab project to study action of microbes in bay mud
1992 Bolinas School, Bolinas In connection with Earth Day for cost of solar-powered model car kits
1992 Del Mar School, Tiburon In connection with Earth Day for cost of solar-powered model car kits
1992 Drake High School, San Anselmo Costs associated with Model Earth Summit
1992 Kent Middle School, Kentfield In connection with Earth Day for cost of solar-powered model car kits
1992 Redwood High School, Larkspur Costs associated with Model Earth Summit
1992 Tamalpais High School, Mill Valley Costs associated with Model Earth Summit
1992 Tomales Elementary School, Tomales In connection with Earth Day for cost of solar-powered model car kits



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