Karen Linehan, a teacher at Friends School of Wilmington, has received a Trailblazing Teacher award from the Center for Green Schools, according to a recent news release, which stated the award recognized Linehan’s “commitment to advancing eco literacy and bringing sustainability into her classroom.”
 
Linehan “captivates her first- and second-grade students with her unique environmental thematic units and enthusiastic teaching practices,” the release stated. “Karen has been instrumental in planning, establishing and maintaining a large outdoor classroom on the Friends School campus which includes a butterfly and moth garden, a bird garden with native shrubs, and native wildlife habitat areas. All Friends School students benefit from exploring these outdoor classrooms where they can often be found observing wildlife, writing and drawing in nature journals, and investigating research questions posed inside the classroom.”