Student Life
Environmental Stewardship
Blue Stewards
Blue Stewards
The Blue Stewards program blends traditional education and travel experiences at Palmer Trinity School with scientific research and advocacy happening right here in Miami and around the globe. Working with private and nonprofit partners, students explore the centrality of water in people’s lives by examining water as both an environmental necessity and a key cultural element. For more information, click here.
The Blue Stewards Junior Certificate, the US Certificate, and the US Medallion, awarded by Palmer Trinity School, celebrate a student’s successful completion of a course of study-action with a special focus on water as an element of life.
To apply, please submit your Blue Stewards application to Dr. Leopoldo Llinás. Applications are due April 1st.
Mission
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To awaken, through classroom education, travel experiences, field studies, research, and commitment, a new awareness of water’s role as an essential element of life.
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To foster sustainable communities through a focus on water, a critical resource that connects us across multiple types of cultural, socio-economic, geospatial, and political landscapes.
Goals
Blue Stewards awakens students to the vital importance of water to empower people, protect the planet, and enable prosperity. The goals revolve around understanding our relationship to the planet's most omnipresent resource - water. Blue Stewards aims to:
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provide water literacy
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engage in service living
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inspire creative action
Requirements
Blue Stewards Junior Certificate (Middle School)
Requirements (Grade 6 – 8)
- Complete two water-related curricular units
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Attend two water-related presentations
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Participate in two water-related travel experiences
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Serve a minimum of 10 hours of water-related service-living
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Complete a water demonstration or innovation project
Blue Stewards Jr. candidates must present their water demonstration or innovation projects.
Apply here
Apply here
Blue Stewards Certificate (Upper School)
Requirements (Grade 6 – 12)
- Complete four water-related curricular units
- Attend four water-related presentations
- Participate in four water-related travel experiences or field trips
- Serve a minimum of 40 hours of water-related service living
Blue Stewards Medallion (Upper School)
Requirements (Grade 6 – 12)
- Complete four water-related curricular units
- Attend four water-related presentations
- Participate in four water-related travel experiences or field trips
- Serve a minimum of 60 hours of water-related service living
- Participate in a water-focused school club or outside group
- Complete a year-long project to include a substantial presentation at the end of the year
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