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2019: Woodland Park High School Team Winners: Isabella Snyder, Samuel Cummings, Cailin Edie, Malina Kirtley, and Cameron Vela
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ONCE AGAIN, THE WOODLAND PARK HIGH SCHOOL CONTINUES THEIR WINNING STREAK AT THE 2019 COLORADO ENVIROTHON COMPETITION
Woodland Park High School’s AP Environmental Science team once again took first place honors at the 2019 Colorado Envirothon Competition for the fourth time. The event was held on April 23 - 24, in Aurora, CO! This year’s event took place at the Arapahoe County Fair Grounds in Aurora, with 8 teams participating coming from all over Colorado, to compete in the Colorado Envirothon’s annual natural resource science-based contest. The second-place team was Centennial High School from San Luis in the San Luis Valley and, the third-place team was from Woodland Park High School.
The Colorado Envirothon committee would like to thank all of the conservation districts, financial sponsors, contest volunteers, instructors, judges, and Colorado State Conservation Board and staff for the matching grant we received to help with the expenses and for all of the contributions, which made the 2018 COE event such a success!
The winning team members from Woodland Park High School were: Isabella Snyder, Samuel Cummings, Cailin Edie, Malina Kirtley, and Cameron Vela. Dan Ganoza, who is the School’s AP Environmental Science teacher and acted as the team’s advisor and coach. Assisting him was Rose Banzhaf. These Colorado students and their coaches will be heading to the international NCF Envirothon competition in Raleigh, North Carolina this summer, in July.
Other Colorado schools, that made the trip to Aurora for the 2019 contest, were from Center, Del Norte, Ft Garland, San Luis, Saguache, and Woodland Park.
During the two-day competition, all students are tested in a total of five areas of natural resource science content, including: aquatic ecology, forestry, wildlife, and soils. Teams also have to make an oral presentation on solving a current natural resource issue problem, with this year’s topic being “Agriculture and the Environment: Knowledge and technology to feed the world”. Team work and critical thinking are the basis for a successful outcome at this fun and educational contest.
COE thanks all of this year’s participants and their school sponsors. The date and location of the 2020 Colorado Envirothon competition will be announced in the coming months. More information about the Colorado Envirothon program can be obtained from the website at www.coloenvirothon.com
The Colorado Envirothon committee would like to thank all of the conservation districts, financial sponsors, contest volunteers, instructors, judges, and Colorado State Conservation Board and staff for the matching grant we received to help with the expenses and for all of the contributions, which made the 2018 COE event such a success!
The winning team members from Woodland Park High School were: Isabella Snyder, Samuel Cummings, Cailin Edie, Malina Kirtley, and Cameron Vela. Dan Ganoza, who is the School’s AP Environmental Science teacher and acted as the team’s advisor and coach. Assisting him was Rose Banzhaf. These Colorado students and their coaches will be heading to the international NCF Envirothon competition in Raleigh, North Carolina this summer, in July.
Other Colorado schools, that made the trip to Aurora for the 2019 contest, were from Center, Del Norte, Ft Garland, San Luis, Saguache, and Woodland Park.
During the two-day competition, all students are tested in a total of five areas of natural resource science content, including: aquatic ecology, forestry, wildlife, and soils. Teams also have to make an oral presentation on solving a current natural resource issue problem, with this year’s topic being “Agriculture and the Environment: Knowledge and technology to feed the world”. Team work and critical thinking are the basis for a successful outcome at this fun and educational contest.
COE thanks all of this year’s participants and their school sponsors. The date and location of the 2020 Colorado Envirothon competition will be announced in the coming months. More information about the Colorado Envirothon program can be obtained from the website at www.coloenvirothon.com
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