In May, the Warrensburg Central School District sent students from our high school to compete in the annual Warren County Envirothon, and in June, the WCSD team finished 27th out of 42 teams at the state competition.
“Team Three,” made up of Warrensburg senior Lillian Joseph and sophomores Charlotte Measick, Alex Wallace, Molly Krzykpowski, and Julia Taylor, took home the gold in the county competition and moved on to the State Envirothon Competition, which was held at SUNY Cortland in at the end of May.
The Envirothon is an environmental and natural resource conservation problem-solving, teambuilding, and leadership experience for high school students. Participants are challenged to show off their environment-related knowledge by competing in five different categories; Soils, Forestry, Wildlife, Aquatic Ecology, and Renewable Energy. Incorporated questions cover STEM principles and engage students in hands-on learning and outdoor field experiences.
The county Envirothon is hosted by the NCF-Envirothon and Warren County Soil & Water Conservation District. Warrensburg students competed against students from five other districts, North Warren, Johnsburg, Lake George, Prospect School, and the Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES.
The state competition included 42 teams that won their county championship. Students from all over the state met on the SUNY Cortland campus to compete in the same categories with an added oral presentation.
Warrensburg CSD high school science teachers, Jaclyn Di Biase and John Burns, brought this opportunity to our students. The district would like to thank the Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District for hosting and organizing the county event, as well as providing funding for our student to compete in the State Envirothon.