More than 70 Gwinnett County public schools have been honored in the Green & Healthy Schools Program, including 23 schools that qualified for the highest recognition, Reaching Higher award level.

The Green & Healthy School Program is a joint initiative of Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful and Gwinnett County Public Schools. It is a system of strategic planning, teaching, learning and doing that results in a greener and healthier natural world, according to the program’s website.