Common Ground High School
Coordinates: 41°20′16″N 72°57′35″W / 41.3379°N 72.9596°W
Common Ground High School (CGHS) is a charter school in New Haven, Connecticut that aims to prepare students for "college success and environmental leadership."[1] It was founded in 1997 in the first round of charter schools created in Connecticut; according to the school's web site, Common Ground is the nation's oldest environmental charter school. Common Ground has subsequently expanded to reach approximately 180 students; students are admitted by lottery, and any Connecticut high school student is eligible to apply.
Common Ground is located on 20 acres of city park land at the base of West Rock Ridge State Park in New Haven, near the Southern Connecticut State University campus. The school is a program of the New Haven Ecology Project, a non-profit organization that also operates a community environmental education center and urban farm on the same site.
In 2013, work began on a new building and campus improvements that will allow the school to grow to 225 students.
Awards and Recognition
- 2013: School of Distinction, Connecticut State Department of Education[2]
- 2013: Green Ribbon School, U.S. Department of Education[3]
- 2012: Presidential Innovation Award in Environmental Education, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (for Lizanne Cox, School Director)[4]
- 2011: Green Prize in Public Education Merit Award, National Environmental Education Foundation[5]
References
External links
- Common Ground Connecticut - official site