A SUM OF SMALL PARTS

The school is committed to installing solar panels and establishing a stormwater catch basin that is 3x the regulation size in order to help manage future stormwater runoff from stronger rainfall due to climate change.

As early as 2010, MKA established systems to fight climate change and reduce consumption. Installing occupancy sensors to turn off lights when classrooms were empty and triple-bins to separate waste and make recycling easier were the start of our green academic practices.

The Upper School library renovation provided the perfect opportunity to create a state-of-the-art facility complete with a green roof. The Johnson Family Academic Center is LEED Silver certified and uses less energy than its predecessor.

From a curricular perspective, students engage with environmental issues in virtually all areas of school. Physics classes do home energy audits, chemistry classes discuss gas-forming reactions that lead to the production of acid rain, French classes do a unit on the environment, and advisor groups do projects cleaning up the surrounding woods