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Marin Country Day

Marin Country Day School 2015 selectee for the U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Award.

This is a photograph of students from Marin Country Day School monitoring the creek that goes through campus.

The school constructed new buildings and renovated existing structures to bring Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum-certified facilities to its 35-acre campus. The school's Learning Resource Center is a flagship project in "zero net energy" design, and Marin Country Day School is a Marin County Certified Green Business. Campus gardens provided more than 3,000 pounds of produce for the school lunch program in 2013-14.

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Last Reviewed: Wednesday, May 28, 2025
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