Woodside Priory School is a private and independent college preparatory school serving 6th- to12th-grade day and boarding students in Portola Valley. The school’s mission is centered on the ideals of lifelong learning and stewardship. Sustainability efforts at Priory started in 2009 with a student-formed Sustainability Club and have today grown to include a Sustainability Director to acknowledge the multidimensional aspects of school sustainability. Priory uses a codified approach to integrate sustainability themes throughout the school’s curriculum and within their eight sustainability-related courses. Priory’s 9,000 square-foot Franklin Garden is a demonstration garden that supplies the school kitchen with a daily harvest of fruits and vegetables. The school has instituted a large-scale composting program with a waste diversion rate of 75 percent, and each month diverts an estimated 450 pounds of food waste from landfills.
Completed Application
(PDF) for Woodside Priory School.