Sustainability
Sustainability at RCDS creates a climate of environmental awareness and helps students understand that they can effect positive and lasting change in the world by becoming lifelong stewards of our planet. We seek to foster understanding of the world around us, to act in accord with our school motto, Not for Self, But for Service, and to promote moral responsibility as citizens of the planet. This occurs through identifying avenues within the curriculum and beyond that create educational opportunities for faculty, staff, and students to teach and practice sustainability as they expand their understanding of the need for and purpose of responsible environmental practices.

- Campus Gardens
- Pollinator Gardens
- Green Campus
- Divisional Student-Led Clubs
- School-Wide Recycling Challenge
- Earth Day Fair
- Zero Waste Cafeterias
- Parent Environmental Wellness Committee
- Green Screen
Campus Gardens
Pollinator Gardens
Green Campus
Divisional Student-Led Clubs
School-Wide Recycling Challenge
Earth Day Fair
Zero Waste Cafeterias
Parent Environmental Wellness Committee
Green Screen
Awards & Recognitions
- United States Education Department’s Green Ribbon Schools Award, 2013
- Westchester County Earth Day Award, Spring 2011
- Rye Sustainability Committee Leadership Award Recipients, Spring 2018
- Schoolyard Habitat Certification through the National Wildlife Federation,
- 2016
- School Garden Grant from the Whole Kids Foundation, 2016
- Recognized by the Town of Rye Sustainability Committee as a Rye Healthy Yard
- Monarch Waystation
- Green Restaurant Certification (Flik)
- Green Cup Recycling Challenge (1st place)
- Green Cup Video Challenge (1st place)
- Westchester County Eco-Award, Summer 2018