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The Willow School has achieved the first Living Building certification in New Jersey from the International Living Future Institute. Willow’s Health, Wellness & Nutrition Center is now one of only 14 certified Living Buildings worldwide. At 20,000 square feet, the...
Sustainability
How to Be Green for Halloween
The air is cold and crisp. Pumpkin spice everything abounds. For many of us, our favorite holiday is coming up: Halloween! On Halloween, we can pretend to be someone else for a day, throw all of our creative energies into elaborate costumes, trick-or-treat, or just...
Willow Students Create Coloring Book to Preserve Rainforest
One Willow School teacher’s trip to Costa Rica inspired a unique student-led project with lasting implications for an endangered rainforest. In December, Marissa Mizeski, the Willow School science teacher, visited the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica. The Osa Peninsula is...
Fourth Grade 4Ocean Fundraiser in the News
Way to go, Grade 4! In just one hour, fourth graders sold out of the reusable bags they designed to raise money for 4Ocean, an organization dedicated to actively removing trash from the ocean and coastlines. This fundraiser is part of an effort by Willow fourth...
Willow Hosts 2019 East Coast Green Conference
Willow is excited to host the 9th Annual East Coast Green Conference on June 21 in our Health, Wellness & Nutrition Center, which is certified as a Living Building. East Coast Green, organized by the New Jersey chapter of The American Institute of Architects...
Willow Students Lead Fridays for Future Climate March
Students from preschool to Grade 8 join demand for global climate action. Inspired by 16 year-old climate change activist Greta Thunberg and her Fridays for Future Global Climate Strikes, Willow students led a Climate March on campus today. Students, teachers, and...
USGBC: The Legacy of Mark Biedron & The Willow School
The US Green Building Council recently published a fantastic article honoring our co-founder, Mark Biedron, and his lasting impact on green building and sustainable education. "If you have toured The Willow School in the past couple of decades, chances are Mark walked...
The Willow School Hosts NJAIS Workshop “Grow a School Garden”
GLADSTONE, NJ- On Wednesday, February 20, 2013, the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools (NJAIS), as part of their professional development, held a workshop and round table discussion entitled “Grow a School Garden”. Over 45 teachers from 35 schools...
Gov. Whitman Speaks at Living Building Celebration
On November 16, former New Jersey Governor and former Head of the EPA Christie Todd Whitman addressed students at The Willow School's Living Building certification ceremony. Whitman congratulated the school on its emphasis on educating for sustainability and its...
Willow Alumnus Proposes a WindBush in Bernardsville
Ashwin Barama, a Willow Class of 2019 alumnus, is working to bring a new source of renewable energy to Bernardsville. Ashwin is currently raising money to install a "WindBush" at Bernardsville Public Library. While there are several of these energy-generating...