Walhalla teacher in-step with Green Steps

Walhalla High teacher Amanda Gladys likely would prefer to teach outside of building walls.  She spent the summer hiking the Appalachian Trail.  The high school science teacher takes any opportunity to bring the classroom outside to her students.  She and her students have planted native vegetation to prevent shoreline erosion and make water quality tests at Oconee’s Station Cove Falls.  Gladys is also a doctoral student in Clemson’s College of Education.  She designed a district-approved course around Green Steps criteria and activities.  The water quality test that she led in April fit under the Green Steps “protect” category.