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EPA honors Mount Madonna class

Santa Cruz Sentinel Story 4/25/2015 at http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/social-affairs/20150425/epa-honors-mount-madonna-class

Fifth Grade Orca Project Wins First Place at Santa Cruz Earth Day

‘We Ourselves Set this Problem in Motion, Let’s Help Save the Orcas of the Ocean,’ a project of the Mount Madonna School fifth grade class, has won First Place in the environmental Class Challenge at the Santa Cruz Earth Day celebration on April 18. The students were presented with $300 prize for their First Place finish.

Mount Madonna School Students Receive President’s Environmental Education Award for Fighting to Protect Sea Turtles Worldwide

San Francisco, CA — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the 2013-14 fifth grade class at Mount Madonna School in Watsonville, Calif. will receive the President’s Environmental Youth Award for their work to fight environmental threats faced by California sea turtles. The awards are presented each year to exceptional students and teachers who demonstrate creativity, innovation, and leadership to address difficult environmental challenges.

Fifth Grade Class Awarded $500 Disney Friends for Change Grant for Global Youth Service Day

Mount Madonna, CA, April 2015 — The fifth grade class at Mount Madonna School was recently awarded a Disney Friends for Change Youth Grant through Youth Service America (YSA).

Fifth Grade Starts Petition to Eliminate Plastic Microbeads in Personal Care Products

Fifth grade students have started a petition to eliminate the use of plastic microbeads in body care products.

This is such a great lesson in grassroots civic action, so please consider signing the petition and helping them along by sharing the link with anyone and everyone!

Trash Action: Students Cleanup Beach and Pajaro River Mouth

On Tuesday, Mount Madonna School Pre/K, fifth and ninth grade students trekked quite far to reach the mouth of the Pajaro River. The group spent nearly two hours cleaning up along the river mouth and nearby beach, and collected 44 pounds of trash, including a tire and an old TV!

Featured Video: Fifth Grade Students Address the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council

On February 20, the fifth grade class presented to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council. They asked the council to consider changing the current “recommendation” of a 50-yard boating distance from whales in the Monterey Bay to a 100-yard law.

Students were well-spoken, educated and mature! Great job!

Fifth Grade Presents to Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council

Today the fifth grade class presented to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council. They asked the council to consider changing the current “recommendation” of a 50-yard boating distance from whales in the Monterey Bay to a 100-yard law. Students were well-spoken, educated and mature! Great job!

“The students’ presentation to members of the Council went really well,” commented fifth grade teacher and project co-leader Jessica Cambell.

Fifth Grade’s Sea Turtle Project Named National Finalist

Congratulations to the Mount Madonna School fifth grade class: their environmental education project, ‘Don’t Be A Nurdle, Save the Sea

Fifth Grade Receives Disney Friends for Change Grant for Global Youth Service Day

The fifth grade class at Mount Madonna School was recently awarded a Disney Friends for Change Youth Grant through Youth

5th Grade Environmental Project

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EPA honors Mount Madonna class

Fifth Grade Orca Project Wins First Place at Santa Cruz Earth Day

Mount Madonna School Students Receive President’s Environmental Education Award for Fighting to Protect Sea Turtles Worldwide

Fifth Grade Class Awarded $500 Disney Friends for Change Grant for Global Youth Service Day

Fifth Grade Starts Petition to Eliminate Plastic Microbeads in Personal Care Products

Trash Action: Students Cleanup Beach and Pajaro River Mouth

Featured Video: Fifth Grade Students Address the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council

Fifth Grade Presents to Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council

Fifth Grade’s Sea Turtle Project Named National Finalist

Fifth Grade Receives Disney Friends for Change Grant for Global Youth Service Day

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