Nova Scotia was the first province to join the international competition in 1994, and Digby teams have dominated since they began entering more than a decade ago. DRHS has won every year but 2001, 2004 and last year, when the team finished fourth among fourteen teams.
Team advisor Greg Turner saw last year as a rebuilding one, and said team members were quickly looking forward to this year’s competition.
Team members, who all are in grade 11, are captain Kayla Tidd, Rebecca Alexander, Jamie-Lee Berends, Stacy Comeau and Marley Gidney. Cathrin Falk, an international student from Germany has been an active part of the team all year and is observing at the competition, said Turner.
The Nova Scotia competition in Wolfville, which ends Saturday, is the kick-off for provincial and territorial Envirothon competitions across Canada.
Sixteen schools across Nova Scotia are competing in the event and the winning student team will be admitted to the Canon Envirothon international championship at the University of Carolina from Aug. 2-8.
Competitors at the American event have the opportunity to win scholarships, prizes and awards worth more than $75,000 U.S.
Envirothons test students’ knowledge about the environment through written and field assignments, and oral presentations. The participants are tested on soil and land use, aquatic ecology, forestry, wildlife and this year’s current issue, biodiversity in a changing world.
In 2007, more than 500,000 teenagers from across North America took part in Envirothon competitions, with the international championship held in Geneva, N.Y., where Digby’s team was among 52, including eight from Canada, to compete.
The Envirothon program is organized by the Nova Scotia Forestry Association and has played a part in fostering enthusiasm for science education, according to its sponsors.
Also competing in the Nova Scotia Envirothon this year are teams from Oxford, Truro,
Middleton, Waycobah, Halifax, Windsor, Wagmatcook, West Kings, Pictou County, Eskasoni, Hants North, Dartmouth, Springhill, Caledonia and Summerside, P.E.I.
N.S. Envirothon victory will lead to Carolina competition
N.S. Envirothon victory will lead to Carolina competition
DRHS team looking to return to top spot among province’s high schools
With their rebuilding year over, members of the Envirothon team at Digby Regional High School are looking to reclaim top spot when the three-day environmental competition opens Thursday at Acadia University in Wolfville.
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