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Woodside Priory School

This page contains information on Woodside Priory School as one of the 2020 green ribbon schools award selectee.

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Woodside Priory School is a private and independent college preparatory school serving 6th- to12th-grade day and boarding students in Portola Valley. The school’s mission is centered on the ideals of lifelong learning and stewardship. Sustainability efforts at Priory started in 2009 with a student-formed Sustainability Club and have today grown to include a Sustainability Director to acknowledge the multidimensional aspects of school sustainability. Priory uses a codified approach to integrate sustainability themes throughout the school’s curriculum and within their eight sustainability-related courses. Priory’s 9,000 square-foot Franklin Garden is a demonstration garden that supplies the school kitchen with a daily harvest of fruits and vegetables. The school has instituted a large-scale composting program with a waste diversion rate of 75 percent, and each month diverts an estimated 450 pounds of food waste from landfills.

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Last Reviewed: Wednesday, May 28, 2025
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