India West, 6/1/2019, “MMS Students to Receive President’s Environmental Youth Award for Their Efforts to Protect Humpback Whales.”
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has selected the 2017-18 fifth grade class at Mount Madonna School to receive the President’s Environmental Youth Award for their work to fight environmental threats faced by humpback whales, said the Watsonville, Calif.-based school, which is also known for its annual musical theater production, “Ramayana!” (Read earlier India-West story here: https://bit.ly/2YG8cs2)
The fifth graders (now sixth graders) at Mount Madonna won the award for their year-long environmental education and stewardship campaign titled, “Whalemanji: Welcome to the Ocean, an Environmental Project to Help Protect the Humpback Whale.”
The awards are presented each year to exceptional students and teachers who demonstrate creativity, innovation, and leadership to address difficult environmental challenges. Read more