The purpose of the environmental education program in Prince George's County is to enable students to
make decisions and take actions that create and maintain an optimal relationship between themselves and the
environment, and to preserve and protect the unique natural resources of Maryland, particularly those of
the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. (Environmental Education Bylaw 13A.04.17.03) 

"In the end, we will conserve only what we love.  We will love only what we understand.  We will understand
only what we are taught."  
Baba Dioum, 
Environmentalist and Forestry Engineer 
from the West African Nation of Senegal

Dr. William S. Schmidt

Superintendent of Prince George's County Public Schools
From January 1951 to July 1970

"To provide opportunities for pupils to acquire knowledge and understanding of the world in which they live and to recognize the trust they must assume for the preservation of the riches of the natural world for themselves and their fellowmen."
 ~William S. Schmidt