Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose and Redwood High School in Redwood City are among 26 schools nationwide to be named Green Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education. (U.S. Department of Education)

Two Bay Area schools are among four statewide and 26 across the nation to be honored as Green Ribbon Schools for their efforts to reduce environmental impacts and improve health and wellness, the U.S. Department of Education announced.

Bellarmine College Preparatory, a private Jesuit school in San Jose, and Redwood High School in Redwood City received the honor along with elementary schools in San Diego County and Orange County.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.