Pathways School Noida and Pathways World School, Aravali, honored with ‘Climate Action Project School of Excellence’ Award

2024-04-26 01:07:40 Education

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New Delhi, November 11, 2021: Pathways School Noida and Pathways World School, Aravali, has been conferred with a highly prestigious Climate Action Project School of Excellence award by the Cartoon Network Climate Champions and Climate Action Project, for their intensive work on climate education in a whole-school approach. Including Pathways, only 250 schools across the globe were recognized for their work over the past year, meeting extensive criteria, including a school-wide commitment to climate education and student solutions.

Cartoon Network Climate Champions is a climate change awareness initiative that sets out to inspire kids to take on daily challenges that collectively can make a big difference to the health of our planet. It has been developed in collaboration with WWF, a world-renowned environmental organization.

Climate Action Project is a free, global education project that was launched by Take Action Global (TAG), an education nonprofit based in the USA, involving 2,700,000 teachers and students across 146 countries. The project aims to help students learn about the climate crisis in authentic ways and disseminate solutions online.

Pathways School students participated in the Climate Action Project and their mission was to create awareness and spread their message on climate change globally. Every year Pathways school students are enthusiastically engrossed in a myriad of learning engagements like Plantation Drive through an annual tree planting initiative under the Climate Action Project led by the organization TAG (Take Action Global). Engaging in brainstorming sessions around climate-related global and local issues and finding potential solutions to combat climate change. Also, taking a pledge to take meaningful action as a community, following sustainable practices, spreading awareness about their own learning, and participating in global collaborations and conferences are some of the many activities that the students of Pathways perform on a regular basis.

While speaking about the recognition, Dr. Shalini Advani, Director, Pathways School Noida, said, ?When it comes to the environment, Pathways has always been at the forefront of fulfilling its duties as a responsible organization. Pathways firmly believe in sustainable habitat and try to do its bit towards securing the environment for the future. As an educational institution, we feel it is our responsibility to sensitize these young minds towards nature and its importance. We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude towards Cartoon Network Climate Champions and Climate Action Project for recognizing our intensive work on climate education?.

Further talking on the occasion, Ms. Sonya Ghandy Mehta, Director, Pathways World School, Aravali, added, ?Situated in the footsteps of Aravali Hills, Pathways World School is the only school chain across the globe with LEED EB Platinum certification. We not only focus on reducing the carbon footprint in our campus, but we also make sure to instill a sense of responsibility towards the environment in our students through our curriculum and extra-curricular activities. This is the second year PWS has taken part in the climate action project as we believe that in our small way we are working towards a better world. We are grateful that our work is being recognized.?

The winners were announced on Climate Action Day during an annual online live event attended by 250,000 people globally including eminent personalities like HRM Prince William, President James Alix Michel, Seychelles, Rick Davis, NASA, Matt Larsen-Daw, WWF, HRM Princess Esmeralda, Belgium, Juan Pablo Celis Garcia, UN Environment Programme, and other world leaders, climate scientists, and activists.

About Pathways schools

Pathways Group of Schools is a chain of International K12 and Pre-Primary schools located in the Delhi-Gurugram-Noida region. The curriculum includes the Primary Years, Middle Years, and Diploma Programme of the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) of Geneva.

Pathways Schools are the only IB Continuum school chain in North India. Pathways World School was the first school to be launched under the Pathways umbrella in the year 2003. The institution was the first-day cum residential school in North India to get affiliated with the IB curriculum at that time. Today, the chain consists of five campuses ? three International K12 Schools and two pre-primary schools. The other two K12 campuses ? Pathways School Gurgaon and Pathways School Noida were launched in the year 2010. In the year 2012, the group entered the pre-primary segment with the brand name: Pathways Early Years.

While preserving the best in traditional Indian and International education and culture, Pathways has opted for a student-centered system with ample opportunities for project work and discovery learning, guided by a well-qualified international teaching faculty with generous access to quality in-service training both in India and abroad. In order to ensure that every student?s talents are developed to the full, the schools apply the Multiple Intelligences approach, developed by Dr. Howard Gardner from Harvard University.