Illinois EPA Educational Program Underway
Fifth grade teachers in Illinois public and private
schools have until Oct. 30, 1996, to sign up for the 1997
educational program offered by the Illinois EPA. Participating
teachers receive an environmental curriculum to use in the
classroom during January. Students then design posters or write
essays or poems to illustrate what they have learned, and in
February each school may submit one entry in each of the poster
and poem/essay categories.
Six top winners receive U.S. savings bonds, ribbons and books
on the environment for their school libraries. All finalists
receive ribbons and a certificate, and are inviited to a
reception in Springfield for presentation of awards. The 50
finalists' entries are displayed at a downtown Springfield bank
for one week.
Additional information can be obtained from Gloria Ferguson at
217-782-5562, or on the Agency's Internet Kids page at <URL http://www.epa.state.il.us/kids/
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