A team of high school students from the Academy of Science and Technology from The Woodlands won the 2017 Texas Envirothon championship in Junction, Texas. The event took place April 8 through 10 at the Llano River Field Station Texas Tech University Center at Junction.
Twenty-two teams representing 15 Texas high schools participated in the three-day competition. Four local high schools participated: Academy of Science and Technology, The Woodlands; Klein Collins High
School, Spring; The Woodlands High School, The Woodlands; and College Park High School, The Woodlands.
The winning five-member team will travel to Emmitsburg, Md., to compete against teams from the states and Canadian provinces for scholarships at the NCF Envirothon. Students on the winning team are Amanda Varner, Ilam Silva, Lucas Warma, Sanjana Ramchandran, and Indiana Schnicer. Linda Costanzo and Larry Walker served as the team’s advisers. The Heartwood chapter supported this effort with a donation.
Academy of Science and Technology takes top honors at the Texas Envirothon Pictured (l. to r.) are Tom Arsuffi, Director of the Llano River Field Station, Sanjana Ramchandran, Indiana Schnicer, Amanda Varner, Ilam Silva, and Lucas Warma. [Photo provided by Envirothon.]
ABOUT ENVIROTHON
Envirothon is an academic, extra-curricular environmental and natural resource education
program and competition designed for high school students. Teams composed of five students
answer questions focusing on five areas of study: aquatics, forestry, soils, wildlife, and the
current environmental issue. In addition to the field experience, students also participate in an
oral component focusing on a real-world environmental problem. www.TexasEnvirothon.org
If you would like more information about the Texas Envirothon, please contact Wendy Reistle at 281-
283-3045 or email at reistle@uhcl.edu.