Sustainability Education
With a campus that sits on 3.5 acres of open space adjacent to National Parks Conservancy land, our physical setting provides an unmatched opportunity for outdoor learning and deeper connections with nature. Classrooms imbued with natural light and sustainable practices integrated into the daily routines of the school reflect our ongoing commitment to a greener Burke's.
Burke's has made creating environmental scientists and stewards a strategic priority in our five-year Strategic Plan: Experience. Connection. Growth. Environmental sustainability is a core component of the Lower and Upper School academic curriculum, as well as a central part of service learning. Some units and practices currently in effect include:
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- "Reduce, reuse, and recycle" units as well as a school-wide recycling and composting program, led by our third graders.
- Waste reduction program that significantly lowers landfill waste from our campus and community events, including Family Festival.
- Learning and Native Plant Garden provide hands-on learning for our Lower School students.
- Ongoing work to increase the energy efficiency of campus buildings, as well as efforts to shrink our carbon footprint.
- Low-waste lunches and class parties as a school ethos.
Burke's mission is to educate, encourage and empower girls. Our school combines academic excellence with an appreciation for childhood so that students thrive as learners, develop a strong sense of self, contribute to community, and fulfill their potential, now and throughout life.
Burke's admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.