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Here's a press release from Principal Juliette Myers:

The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries' Virginia Naturally School Recognition Program is proud to recognize Glenvar Middle School as a Virginia Naturally School. Schools currently receiving this recognition have demonstrated exemplary efforts to promote good stewardship of Virginia's natural resources during the 2007-2008 school year. In addition, Virginia Naturally Schools work to promote civic pride through knowledge of the community history in the area in which they reside. Virginia Naturally Schools must meet specific requirements which increase with each successive year a school achieves this recognition. This is the third year that Glenvar Middle School has received this honor.

All schools meeting first year requirements as a Virginia Naturally School have qualified in four areas: administrative support, staff development and curricular integration, resource conservation efforts, and school/community based projects. Additional requirements for schools qualifying beyond the first year include: documentation of efforts to secure library materials/equipment to help students learn about the environment and to enhance field studies; developing instructional settings/outdoor classrooms; and developing community partnerships with area businesses, parent teacher organizations, and area civic groups. Schools entering the program for the first year receive a plaque, while schools continuing their efforts receive a pennant imprinted with a symbol of our Commonwealth.

For more information about the Virginia Naturally School Recognition Program for schools K-12, visit the Virginia Naturally website at www.VaNaturally.com or www.dgif.virginia.gov/education.