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Y.E.S. - Youth Environmental Stewardship

The Y.E.S. Initiative aims to educate, engage, and empower students who make a difference in their school through student-driven environmentally conscious programs.
Y.E.S., managed by Keep Thomas County Beautiful, identifies and celebrates schools in Thomasville and Thomas County that have:
  • At Least 30% of students who pledge to become more environmentally conscious.
  • At Least two or three Y.E.S. Champions
  • One student club, organization or class to serve as the Y.E.S. student leadership team.
  • At least one annually reviewed project in keeping with KTCB's mission: litter reduction, recycling, beautification, and/or water conservation.
Once a school has successfully completed the requirements to become a Y.E.S. school, it will be recognized by KTCB and a local government agency, given a banner to display that signifies the schools Youth Environmental Stewardship status, and made eligible to receive potential future funding for Y.E.S projects.
We are very excited about our fourth year of Y.E.S. schools and hope to reach as many students as possible, impacting the next generation of leaders about recycling, reducing litter, beautifying your environment and conserving water.  Our board members are eager to share their passion with the schools and students and are ready to visit with student clubs and organizations to review potential projects. Official designation as a Youth Environmental Stewardship school will be issued in April during an Earth Day celebration at The Ritz Amphitheater.
Please address any questions, concerns or suggestions to the following...
Julie Murphree
Executive Director
Keep Thomas County Beautiful
ktcb@live.com

2019 - 2020 School Year

Thomas County School School System - Participating Schools
  • Bishop Hall
  • Thomas County Central High School
  • Hand in Hand
  • Thomas County Middle
  • ​Garrison Pilcher Elementary
 City of Thomasville School System - Participating Schools
  • Harper Elementary
  • Thomasville High School Scholars Academy
  • Jerger Elementary
  • Scott Elementary
  • MacIntyre Park Middle School

2018 - 2019 School Year

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2017 - 2018 School Year

Keep Thomas County Beautiful recognized participating Y.E.S Schools at a special ceremony during Thomas University's Earth Day Fair. Among the Schools represented were Hand in Hand Primary School, Cross Creek Elementary School, Scott Elementary School, Bishop Hall Charter School, the Thomasville City Scholars Academy and Thomas County Central High School
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Kerri Johnson's Kindergarten Class at Hand-in-Hand, one of our Y.E.S Schools
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Bishop Hall Charter School Guitar Club and FFA helping out at The Cherokee Lake Pollinator Garden. Another Y.E.S. School in action!
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Scott Elementary School student leaders keeping their school litter free as part of the Y.E.S. program.
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  • Home
  • Board
  • Programs
    • Y.E.S. Program
    • Great American Cleanup
  • Recycling
    • Event Recycling
    • Recycling FAQ's
    • Waste Hierarchy
  • Litter
    • Leaders Against Litter
    • Litter Pick-ups
    • Library Litter Pick-up Kits
  • Beautification
    • Composting
  • Community Happenings
  • Get Involved