Apollo High School

Apollo High School

St Cloud

Erich Ziegler

High school students observed, tested and evaluated objective data to determine the quality of three local waterways in the St. Cloud area. Results were shared with elementary students as well as St. Cloud State University.

Harding High School

St. Paul

Jill Danner, Earth Club Advisor

jill.danner@spps.org

Earth Club students sponsored a year-long watershed education program culminating in a canoe trip through the St. Paul chain of lakes and a Water Festival held at Phalen Park on May 19, 2007.

Orono Intermediate School

Long Lake

Jo-Anne Kirkman

jkirkman@orono.k.12.mn.us

Students explored woodlands at Baker Park and gathered scientific data, wrote journal entries, read stories about woodlands and created artwork related to their discoveries. All projects were then displayed at their Heart of the Earth Festival held in May of 2007.

Pilgrim Lane Elementary
Plymouth
Randy Moberg
randy_moberg@rdale.k12.mn.us

Pilgrim Lane Elementary hosted an Environmental Quality Fair on March 7, 2007 with over 30 exhibitors. Prior to the fair, teachers and a naturalist from Three Rivers Park District developed environmental education lessons appropriate for each grade level. Students participated in field trips to the district nature center, and effort is being made to promote waste reduction and water quality programs in Plymouth.

River Keepers
Moorhead/Fargo
Bob Backman, Executive Director
bob@riverkeepers.org

As part of the Red River Project, the Red River Water Festival was held in Moorhead during March of 2007, with over 1,600 fourth grade students from surrounding schools attending. The festival is a hands-on, fun-filled learning opportunity designed to increase student awareness and knowledge of water.

Sioux Trail Elementary

Burnsville

Patricia Mosey

pmosey@burnsville.k12.mn.us

Sioux Trail Elementary Environmental Club sponsored a year long “Outdoor Celebration” designed to help students appreciate the many activities available in the winter months. Students built bird feeders to observe the winter birds, constructed coffee can survival kits, participated in snowshoeing, ice fishing and several other winter activities.

City of Plymouth

Plymouth

Margie Vigoren, EE Coordinator

mvigoren@ci.plymouth.mn.us

The city of Plymouth holds an annual Environmental Quality Fair at a different elementary school each year, which has been very successful in helping to promote environmental knowledge for both students and families. The city has collaborated with the Robbinsdale and Wayzata school districts to assure the success of this program. A Power Point presentation is available on “How to Start a Program.”

St. David's Child Development

Terri Hokanson, Director

thokanson@stdavids.net

The St. David’s Fall Festival is a community-wide event designed to increase environmental awareness and appreciation of School Forest, Wetland and Watershed. The program involves over 300 Pre-school – Grade 5 students.

East Bethel/Cedar Creek Community Schools

Pamela Beecham/Abbie Case

pambee@stfrancis.k12.mn.us

East Bethel and Cedar Creek have developed and implemented a “Four Seasons of Water” project for Grades 3-6. Students participate in water-related activities throughout the year. A Water Festival is held in the fall and a Water Fair in the spring.