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HIGH
TECH HIGH SCHOOL EARNS FIRST PLACE IN ENVIROTHON
Mercer, Monmouth, Sussex and Somerset Schools Also
Earn Honors
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(TRENTON) – A team from High Tech High School, Hudson County, took
top honors in the New Jersey
Envirothon, a natural-resource
problem-solving competition that
drew more than three-dozen teams
of high school students from
across the state.
“The Envirothon is an important tool to help educate our young people – the
leaders of tomorrow – about our environment,” said New Jersey Agriculture
Secretary Charles M. Kuperus. “By combining year-long classroom study with
a day of hands-on competition, the Envirothon provides students with a thorough
understanding of the importance and complexity of our natural resources.”
The Envirothon -- held Saturday, May 7th, at the North Branch Park
in Bridgewater, Somerset County -- tested students’ knowledge
of natural resources through interactive problem-solving at six testing
stations. These stations focused on soils, aquatics, forestry, wildlife
ecology, team presentation problem-solving and natural resource management
in the urban environment.
 The team from High Tech High School
won by demonstrating the most comprehensive understanding of natural
resources and the best teamwork and communications skills. The team
will advance to represent New Jersey in the 2005 Canon Envirothon competition
July 18 - 24, at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield,
Missouri.
Runner-ups were teams from Hopewell Valley Central High School Team
#1, Mercer County (second place); Vernon Township High School, Sussex
County (third place); and Hopewell Valley Central High School Team
#2, Mercer County (fourth place).
Horizon awards also were presented to teams from schools participating
in the competition for the first time that earned the highest score
at an individual testing station. Horizon awards were presented to:
Somerville High School for the Aquatics, Current Issues, Forestry,
and Wildlife stations; and the Monmouth Regional High School Life/Environment
Club for the Team Presentation station.
The New Jersey Association of Conservation Districts and New Jersey
Department of Agriculture’s State Soil Conservation Committee
are the prime sponsors of the Envirothon. Other sponsors are the United
States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation
Service, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection and the 15 state Soil Conservation Districts.
For additional information about the NJ Envirothon and how your school
can participate, please contact Rich Belcher, NJ Envirothon Coordinator,
at (609) 633 –2549.
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