"The Green Scholars course at Manchester Essex High School is a unique program combining arange of dynamic educational practices, including project management, experiential education, service learning,and inquiry-based learning. This hands-on environmental sustainability course is designed to integrate STEAMcontent (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math), 21st-century skills, environmental literacy, andservice-learning into a single program. Students take this elective course during an open block in their schoolday schedule and work with a teacher/other advisor to accomplish the defined goals of their specific project.Green Scholars differs significantly from any other class offered at the school in the fact that students completetheir environmental project independently without any set, daily curriculum. The structure of the class is moresimilar to an internship; students must do the work they need to do during class time to stay on track with theirproject. Through this structure, students directly learn the amount of responsibility, time-management,communication and other important skills it takes to be successful in the modern world. Students receiveconstructive feedback from both peers and adults to ensure they are as productive as possible. Students areassessed using detailed writing, presentation, environmental literacy, STEAM and 21st-century skills rubrics."