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News Releases - 1998535 Illinois Schools Sign Up To Show Their Environmental Commitment
Springfield, Ill. -- Curriculum packets have gone into the mail to 535 schools around Illinois, kicking off the 12th edition of the Illinois EPA’s environmental awareness program. The 1998-99 "Air, Land & Water" packets focus on "The Air We Breathe" and mark the second year that sixth graders as well as fifth graders will be eligible to participate. In all, 555 teachers with a total of 88,068 pupils are enrolled in the current environmental education effort. Participating teachers will incorporate the packet materials into their classroom curricula during January. At the end of the focused study, students may compose a written work or develop a poster to illustrate what they have learned about the importance of clean air. Their art works, poems and essays will be displayed at the schools and two each in the written and the poster categories will be selected to represent the school in judging at Springfield. A preliminary judging to determine 50 finalists will be followed by a second evaluation by a different judging panel, to produce six top winners. The young artists/authors, their families and teachers will be invited to an honors reception at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield on March 20. During the reception, U.S. savings bonds and ribbons will be presented to the six top-placers, who will also receive specially-inscribed environmental books for their school libraries. All finalists will receive ribbons. Following the reception, the posters and written works will remain on display at the State Museum, and will be added to the Illinois EPA’s homepage. Emphasis in the program rotates in a three-year cycle between protection of air, land and water, reflecting the Illinois EPA’s Bureaus of Air, Land and Water. |
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