{"id":6846,"date":"2026-01-09T15:34:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T20:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/winters\/?p=6846"},"modified":"2026-01-09T15:34:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T20:34:47","slug":"winters-elementary-recognized-as-a-rhode-island-green-ribbon-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/winters\/blog\/2026\/01\/09\/winters-elementary-recognized-as-a-rhode-island-green-ribbon-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Winters Elementary Recognized as a Rhode Island Green Ribbon School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6573 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.psdri.net\/winters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/02\/Winters-pic-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/winters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/02\/Winters-pic-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/winters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/02\/Winters-pic-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/winters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/02\/Winters-pic-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/winters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/02\/Winters-pic-1536x1150.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/winters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/02\/Winters-pic-2048x1534.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/>The Pawtucket School Department is proud to share that\u00a0<strong>Henry J.\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Winters<\/span>\u00a0Elementary School<\/strong>\u00a0has been recognized as a\u00a0<strong>2025 Rhode Island Green Ribbon School<\/strong>\u00a0by the Rhode Island Department of Education.<\/p>\n<p>The Rhode Island Green Ribbon Schools Award honors schools for their outstanding efforts to reduce environmental impact and costs, promote the health and wellness of students and staff, and provide high-quality sustainability education. Despite the U.S. Department of Education\u2019s cancellation of the national Green Ribbon Schools program earlier this year, Rhode Island has continued its long-standing commitment to recognizing schools that exemplify these principles.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"il\">Winters<\/span>\u00a0Elementary is one of seven schools statewide to receive this distinction in 2025 and is only the second school in Pawtucket to earn this honor. This recognition reflects the collective efforts of school leadership, educators, staff, and district teams to create safe, healthy, and sustainable learning environments that support student success.<\/p>\n<p>We congratulate the\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Winters<\/span>\u00a0Elementary school community on this meaningful achievement and commend their continued commitment to excellence.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/ride.ri.gov\/sites\/g\/files\/xkgbur806\/files\/2025-12\/RI%20Green%20Ribbons%202025.pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/rihsc.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=96620c2b9e4b1d33a73254b1d&amp;id=54c3c15e53&amp;e=ee13ea4927\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/rihsc.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D96620c2b9e4b1d33a73254b1d%26id%3D54c3c15e53%26e%3Dee13ea4927&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1768067817354000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1KvkVWpP6EIXH2j1IuTbAd\">Check out the 2025 RI-GRSA winners<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pawtucket School Department is proud to share that\u00a0Henry J.\u00a0Winters\u00a0Elementary School\u00a0has been recognized as a\u00a02025 Rhode Island Green Ribbon School\u00a0by the Rhode Island Department of Education. The Rhode Island Green Ribbon Schools Award honors schools for their outstanding efforts to reduce environmental impact and costs, promote the health and wellness of students and staff, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6847,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-6846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-dates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/winters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/winters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/winters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/winters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/winters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/winters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6848,"href":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/winters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6846\/revisions\/6848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/winters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/winters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/winters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/winters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6846"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psdri.net\/winters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=6846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}