Editing Greenbelt, Maryland (section)

==Education==
[[File:Greenbelt Middle School.jpg|thumb|right|Greenbelt Middle School]]

Greenbelt is served by [[Prince George's County Public Schools]] (PGCPS).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greenbeltmd.gov/community/resident-information/schools|title=Schools|work=City of Greenbelt|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122171948/https://www.greenbeltmd.gov/community/resident-information/schools|archive-date=2018-11-22|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Greenbeltmap>"[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st24_md/place/p2434775_greenbelt/DC10BLK_P2434775_000.pdf 2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Greenbelt city, MD] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901182605/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st24_md/place/p2434775_greenbelt/DC10BLK_P2434775_000.pdf |date=2018-09-01 }}." [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on September 1, 2018.</ref>

There are three public elementary schools serving sections of Greenbelt:<ref>"[http://gis.pgcps.org/mapgallery/Maps/Boundaries%20-%20Elementary.pdf NEIGHBORHOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND BOUNDARIES SCHOOL YEAR 2018-2019] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113045734/http://gis.pgcps.org/mapgallery/Maps/Boundaries%20-%20Elementary.pdf |date=2018-11-13 }}." [[Prince George's County Public Schools]]. Retrieved on September 1, 2018.</ref>
* Greenbelt Elementary School (Greenbelt)
* Magnolia Elementary School (unincorporated Prince George's County, [[Lanham, Maryland|Lanham]] address)
* Springhill Lake Elementary School (Greenbelt)

All of Greenbelt is served by Greenbelt Middle School (Greenbelt),<ref>"[http://gis.pgcps.org/mapgallery/Maps/Boundaries%20-%20Middle.pdf NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND BOUNDARIES SCHOOL YEAR 2018-2019] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113045742/http://gis.pgcps.org/mapgallery/Maps/Boundaries%20-%20Middle.pdf |date=2018-11-13 }}." [[Prince George's County Public Schools]]. Retrieved on September 1, 2018.</ref> which includes a [[Gifted education|Talented and Gifted]] magnet program.

All of Greenbelt is served by [[Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, Maryland)|Eleanor Roosevelt High School]] (Greenbelt),<ref>"[http://gis.pgcps.org/mapgallery/Maps/Boundaries%20-%20High.pdf NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOLS AND BOUNDARIES SCHOOL YEAR 2018-2019] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113045752/http://gis.pgcps.org/mapgallery/Maps/Boundaries%20-%20High.pdf |date=2018-11-13 }}." [[Prince George's County Public Schools]]. Retrieved on September 1, 2018.</ref> a school which includes a Science and Technology [[Magnet School|magnet]] program and an [[AP Capstone]] program.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www1.pgcps.org/eleanorroosevelt/wipage.aspx?pageid=173868&LangType=1033 |title=Eleanor Roosevelt High School |access-date=2018-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225030900/http://www1.pgcps.org/eleanorroosevelt/wipage.aspx?pageid=173868&LangType=1033 |archive-date=2018-02-25 |website=Prince George's County Public Schools}}</ref>

There is a public magnet school within the City:
* Dora Kennedy French Immersion School (Greenbelt), which serves K through 8th grade students. The school uses [[language immersion]] with instruction in the [[French language]].

There are no private schools within the City of Greenbelt. There is a Catholic school in nearby [[Lanham, Maryland|Lanham CDP]], Academy of Saint Matthias the Apostle.<ref>"[http://www.greenbeltmd.gov/BusinessDirectoryII.aspx?lngBusinessCategoryID=24 Elementary Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901215930/http://www.greenbeltmd.gov/BusinessDirectoryII.aspx?lngBusinessCategoryID=24 |date=2018-09-01 }}." City of Greenbelt. Retrieved on September 1, 2018. "The Academy of Saint Matthias the Apostle 9473 Annapolis Road Lanham, MD 20706 "</ref><ref>"[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st24_md/place/p2445550_lanham/DC10BLK_P2445550_001.pdf 2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Lanham CDP, MD] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901182624/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st24_md/place/p2445550_lanham/DC10BLK_P2445550_001.pdf |date=2018-09-01 }}." [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on September 1, 2018.</ref>

===History of schools===
The [[Lanham Act]] was used to build North End Elementary School.<ref name="Knepperp109">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YRvfDQFa4d0C&pg=PA109|last=Knepper|first=Cathy D.|title=Greenbelt, Maryland: A Living Legacy of the New Deal|series=Creating the North American Landscape|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|location=Baltimore|date=2001-03-09|page=109|isbn=978-0-8018-6490-2|ol=6776113M|language=en-US|oclc=46670572|access-date=2018-11-21}}</ref> The original Greenbelt High School building (later used for Greenbelt Junior High, Greenbelt Middle, and currently Dora Kennedy French Immersion School) opened in {{circa|1937}}.<ref name="Afenson-Comeau">{{Cite news|last=Afenson–Comeau|first=Jamie|url=http://www.gazette.net/gazettecms/story.php?id=44969|title=Prince George's officials consider moving French immersion program to shuttered Greenbelt school|work=[[The Gazette (Maryland)|The Gazette]]|date=2012-10-24|access-date=2018-09-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910155532/http://www.gazette.net/gazettecms/story.php?id=44969|archive-date=2018-09-10|url-status=live}}</ref> Originally, the [[Federal Works Agency]] controlled North End Elementary School, Greenbelt High School, and the Center School. [[High Point High School]], in [[Beltsville, Maryland|Beltsville]], opened in fall 1954, and began serving students from Greenbelt. The former Greenbelt High School then became Greenbelt Junior High School. The [[Prince George's County, Maryland|county]] bought Center School for ${{formatnum:260000}}, after the [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]] renovated it in July 1958. The county also bought Greenbelt Junior High and North End Elementary.<ref name="Knepperp109" /> Roosevelt High was scheduled to open in fall 1976.<ref name="Knepperp149">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YRvfDQFa4d0C&pg=PA149|last=Knepper|first=Cathy D.|title=Greenbelt, Maryland: A Living Legacy of the New Deal|series=Creating the North American Landscape|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|location=Baltimore|date=2001-03-09|page=149|isbn=978-0-8018-6490-2|ol=6776113M|language=en-US|oclc=46670572|access-date=2018-11-21}}</ref> The new Greenbelt Middle School opened on August 20, 2012.<ref name="Afenson-Comeau" />

===Public libraries===
Greenbelt is served by the Greenbelt Branch of the [[Prince George's County Memorial Library System]].<ref name="GreenPGCMLS">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pgcmls.info/website/branch/location/Greenbelt|title=Greenbelt Branch|publisher=[[Prince George's County Memorial Library System]]|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829110025/https://www.pgcmls.info/website/branch/location/Greenbelt|archive-date=2018-08-29|url-status=live}}</ref>