🌱 How Berwyn Heights Elementary became a national model for green schools

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In today's newsletter:

• How Berwyn Heights Elementary became a national model for green schools

Also on today's calendar: Spring Open House and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 82 and low of 57 degrees.
• Saturday: Very warm with clouds and sun, temps: high: 85, low: 54.
• Sunday: Cooler with showers, with a high of 62 and low of 41 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Staying Green (asumag.com) — Berwyn Heights Elementary School is being nationally recognized for weaving sustainability into its culture, curriculum, and campus. The school just earned a 2026 Best of Green Schools Award, on top of its 2025 Green Ribbon state honor and long-running Maryland Green School status, thanks to student-led conservation, energy efficiency projects, and health-focused outdoor spaces.
   

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📸 Around Berwyn Heights

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Berwyn Heights

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday April 23

• Spring Open House
  St. Vincent Pallotti High School, 113 St Marys Pl, Laurel
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday April 17

• Dwayne Adell — cured | 18th & 21st
  Cured 18th & 21st , 10980 Grantchester Wy #110 , Columbia
  6:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Metamorphosis Mobile Resource Hub
  Berwyn Heights Elementary School , 6200 Pontiac St , Berwyn Heights
  10:00 am

Thursday April 23

• YFS Seniors Event
  College Park Woods Club , 3545 Marlbrough Way Suite 201 , College Park
  9:30 am

Saturday April 25

• Purcellville Music and Arts Festival
  250 S. Nursery Ave. , Purcellville
  12:00 pm

Saturday May 9

• Wicked: Mommy & Me Tea Party
  Berwyn Heights Community Center , 6200 Pontiac St , Berwyn Heights
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Babies & Books!
  People's Book , 7014 Westmoreland Ave Suite A , Takoma Park
  9:00 am
• Food Pantry Open
  Brentwood, MD Calendar , 4300 39th Pl , Brentwood
  10:00 am
• Play and Learn
  Spaulding Branch Library , Spauldings - Storytime Barn , Spauldings
  11:00 am
• Kid Night - Takoma Park, MD 2026
  Takoma Park Recreation Center , 7315 New Hampshire Ave , Takoma Park
  4:30 pm
• Free Wine Tasting at Takoma BevCo
  Takoma Beverage Company , 6917 Laurel Ave , Takoma Park
  6:00 pm
• Wine & Watercolors with Shop Made in MD
  Shop Made in MD , 7401 Baltimore Ave Suite D , College Park
  6:00 pm
• CPAE Writing Class
  City of College Park, Maryland Calendar , 4711 Knox Road , College Park
  6:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

College Park

• UMD SGA to reconstruct immigrant, undocumented student resources webpage (dbknews.com)
• UMD to soon restore AC to most campus buildings hit by outage (dbknews.com)
• UMD SGA in unknown territory after governance board upholds election disqualifications (dbknews.com)

Greenbelt

• Save As You Throw Program Shows Early Reduction in Waste (greenbeltnewsreview.com)

Silver Spring

• Where To Celebrate Record Store Day In MoCo This Weekend (patch.com)
• Car Fire In Silver Spring Under Investigation As Arson: Officials (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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