RECHS had a successful first appearance at the Area 3 Envirothon with both teams placing in the top 5! In the morning, students attended informational sessions on each of the five competition areas (Aquatics, Forestry, Soils/Land Use, Wildlife, and Current Environmental Issues). The sessions were conducted by educational specialists and rangers. After lunch, teams competed against other high school teams from the following counties: Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Guilford, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, and Rockingham. There were more than 23 teams in attendance.
Tree Huggers Anonymous - 3rd Place
Landon Allmon - Soils/Lan Use
Kellan Auman - Current Environmental Issues
Jonathan Dean - Aquatics
Ben Rietschel - Forestry (Top scorer in this category!)
Naomi Rhoads - Wildlife (Top scorer in this category!)
The Environmentalists - 5th Place
Ahd "Dida" Ahmed - Soils/Land Use
Alyssa Nguyen - Forestry
Christina Nguyen - Aquatics
Ashley Ruiz - Current Environmental Issues
Edwin Torres - Wildlife
Overview of Envirothon:
The Envirothon program is a hands-on environmental and natural resource competition. The program will test student teams on their knowledge and awareness of environmental issues. The Envirothon curriculum provides comprehensive hands-on training in ecology and natural resource management while emphasizing teamwork. Areas of study incorporate five major subjects: Aquatics, Forestry, Soils/Land Use, Wildlife, and Current Environmental Issues.
The Envirothon program helps develop environmentally aware youth, able to assume future leadership roles. Many students go on to pursue careers in environmental law, natural resource management, etc. or go on to be doctors, lawyers and more with a background and understanding about nature and the environment.
