[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 8799-8800]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING LOS CERRITOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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                         HON. ALAN S. LOWENTHAL

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, June 4, 2015

  Mr. LOWENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, congratulations. Los Cerritos Elementary 
School in Long Beach, CA was recently selected as a 2015 U.S. 
Department of Education Green Ribbon School, an honor shared by several 
other schools in the Long Beach Unified School District.

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  The dedicated faculty and staff, students, and families who share the 
same ideals of conservation and sustainability in their community are 
commended for integrating these ideals while meeting state education 
standards. Through hands-on application of activities such as farming 
and recycling, students become good stewards of their communities and 
environment and expand the margins of their K-5 education. 
Additionally, the campus has adopted new technologies to bring their 
existing infrastructure up to efficient standards. In sum, Long Beach 
Unified School District has saved approximately $4.9 million in energy 
costs across multiple school campuses.
  Los Cerritos Elementary School is the fifth school in the school 
district to receive this distinction. I am proud that Long Beach 
continues to be a leader in green education and I encourage other 
schools, at all levels, to follow suit in adopting and implementing the 
leadership necessary to reduce environmental impacts. The environmental 
instruction being developed by Los Cerritos Elementary as well as 
previously recognized Green Ribbon Schools should be a model for 
adoption by all schools nationwide. The value of a quality education to 
our community cannot be overstated, and investing in green education 
will offer great returns to our future.

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