U.S. News & World Report recently ranked Kingston Elementary and Old Donation School as the No. 1 elementary and middle schools in Virginia. Old Donation School, which has students in grades two through eight and is the home of the Edward E. Brickell Academy for Advanced Academics & Arts, was also ranked as the No. 2 elementary school in the state.
Our Program
Goal of the Program
The goal of the Environmental Studies Program is to empower students in the program to broaden their understanding of sustainability through:
- Utilizing the natural community as a context for learning about environmental and sustainability issues
- Implementing environmental service learning projects
- Integrating interdisciplinary instruction
- Incorporating challenge based, collaborative and design thinking learning
- Earning the Board of Education's Seal for Excellence in Science and the Environment