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Watauga High School Team To Compete in State Envirothon Competition

Pictured with agriculture teacher Sarah Grimm (left) are the Watauga High School students who will compete in the State Envirothon Competition on April 25 and 26: Todd Perry, Jessica Lawrence, Wes Randall, Tom Prevost and Will Black. Photo courtesy of Watauga County Soil and Water The Northwest Envirothon Competition was held on April 3 in North Wilkesboro at the Edward McGee Educational Center. Twenty high school teams from ten counties competed in this natural resource educational program. The top seven teams qualified to compete at the state level on April 25 and 26 at Cedar Rock Park in Burlington, N.C.

The Watauga High School team qualified to proceed to the State Envirothon Competition.

Students representing Watauga High School were Jessica Lawrence, Todd Perry, Wes Randall, Will Black and Tom Prevost. Agriculture teacher Sarah Grimm and Watauga Soil and Water Conservation Technician Brian Chatham served as advisors to the team.

The Envirothon Program is a natural resource educational program for high school and middle school students. It is an outdoor-oriented program in which students work together in teams of five, learn to use critical thinking skills, develop problem-solving solutions to enhance communication and increase their observation skills to answer written questions or to conduct hands-on investigations about natural resources and environmental issues. The program focuses on five areas of study: aquatic resources, forest resources, soils/land use, wildlife resources and current environmental issues.

The Watauga Soil and Water Conservation District sponsors this program, in addition to other educational programs and competitions. Call Donna Harmon at 828-264-0842 for more information.