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PETERBOROUGH COLLEGIATE AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOL ADVANCES TO ONTARIO ENVIROTHON CHAMPIONSHIPS

Monday, April 28th 2008 4:36:14pm

PETERBOROUGH COLLEGIATE AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOL ADVANCES TO ONTARIO ENVIROTHON CHAMPIONSHIPS

Environmental Education:  2008 Ontario Envirothon Regional Results for Peterborough Region.


This past weekend, high school students across Ontario tested their environmental smarts at the regional level for the opportunity to compete at the Ontario Envirothon Championships. Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School  won in the Peterborough region and will go on to the Ontario Envirothon Championships, to be held May 7 to 10 at Tim Horton Onondaga Farms in St. George, ON.

WHO:

Peterborough Region: Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School, Peterborough, ON
All teams will go on to compete against another 19 teams from regions across Ontario.
                                            
WHERE:

Tim Horton Onondaga Farms in St. George, ON

When:

May 7-10, 2008

What:


• Ontario Envirothon: The team sport for environmental smarts.
• Envirothon gets students outdoors to experience nature first hand and hands on.
• Envirothon uses field testing to develop critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork and communication skills.
• High school students from 22 regions across Ontario compete for top prize in a provincial environmental competition.
• Top team from the Ontario Envirothon Championships will go on to represent Ontario at the Canon Envirothon, a North American competition to be held in Arizona this July.
• Envirothon reaches over 5,000 Ontario students each year.

The results for all regions will be posted at www.ontarioenvirothon.on.ca as they become available.

The final results of the Ontario Envirothon Championships will be posted at www.ontarioenvirothon.on.ca on May 12, 2008

News and photo opportunities will be available at the Ontario Envirothon Championships.

Tim Hortons is the lead corporate sponsor of the 2008 Ontario Envirothon Championships.

Ontario Envirothon is a program of the Ontario Forestry Association (OFA), a non-profit, registered charity dedicated to raising awareness and understanding of Ontario’s forests, and to developing stewardship of forest ecosystems. Visit www.oforest.on.ca


Media Contact:
Carla Grant, Executive Director, Ontario Forestry Association
PH: 416-493-4565
Cell: 416-435-2349