Established in February 2016, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education’s (OSSE's) Environmental Literacy Leadership Cadre is a group of individuals from elementary schools across the District who coordinated the development and implementation of the Environmental Literacy Framework at their schools.

OSSE recognizes the following “alumni schools” of OSSE’s Environmental Literacy Leadership Cadre.

The following are Cohort 1 schools (2016-17):

• Bridges Public Charter School [PDF]
• Capital City Public Charter School [PDF]
• HD Cooke Elementary School
• Kimball Elementary School [PDF]
• KIPP DC: Heights Academy [PDF]
• Langdon Elementary School [PDF]
• Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School [PDF]
• Malcolm X Elementary School [PDF]
• Maury Elementary [PDF]
• Mundo Verde Public Charter School [PDF]
• Peabody Elementary [PDF]
• School Within School @ Goding [PDF]
• Seaton Elementary [PDF]
• Tyler Elementary [PDF]
• Van Ness Elementary [PDF]
• Watkins Elementary [PDF]

Download the 2016 Environmental Literacy Snapshots Booklet

The following schools are represented in Cohort 2 (2017-19):

• Beers Elementary
• Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy PCS
• Bruce-Monroe Elementary @ Park View
• Burroughs Elementary
• Creative Minds International PCS
• DC Prep - Anacostia PCS
• DC Prep - Edgewood PCS
• Eagle Academy PCS - Congress Heights
• Hearst Elementary
• Houston Elementary
• Key Elementary
• Lafayette Elementary
• Mann Elementary
• Marie Reed Elementary
• School Without Walls @ Francis-Stevens
• Simon Elementary
• Washington Yu Ying PCS

Download the 2019 Environmental Literacy Snapshots Booklet

The following schools are represented in Cohort 3 (2019-21):

• Amidon-Bowen Elementary
• Latin American Bilingual Montessori Public Charter School
• Leckie Education Campus
• Lee Montessori Public Charter School
• Miner Elementary
• Murch Elementary
• Thomson Elementary
• Tubman Elementary
• Turner Elementary
• Whittier Elementary

Download the 2020 Environmental Literacy Snapshots Booklet

The following schools are represented in Cohort 4 (2022-23):

• Mary McLeod Bethune PCS
• Brightwood Education Campus
• Burrville Elementary
• Center City PCS – Brightwood
• C.W. Harris Elementary
• Hendley Elementary
• KIPP DC – Honor and AIM Academies 
• Langley Elementary
• Powell Elementary
• Sela PCS
• Van Ness Elementary
• Washington Yu Ying PCS

Download the 2023 Environmental Literacy Snapshots Booklet

For more information or questions, please contact Grace Manubay (202) 654-6116 or [email protected].