Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Chetan S. won first place in the essay contest for his division in the America’s Wetland Foundation contest entitled Keep Your Eye on the Prize Art, Photo and Essay Contest. As a first place winner, Chetan will receive a $500 award for Episcopal for a wetlands restoration project supervised by the America’s Wetlands Conservation Corps, and his essay will be presented at the Conference of State Legislatures meeting in New Orleans in July.

Chetan’s prize winning essay was completed as part of an innovative 5th grade cross-curricular unit weaving together the study of coastal conservation and water testing, the study of survival novels, the study of writing highlighting the writer’s craft and using the 5 senses, a “naturalist’s notebook” project and a planned field trip to the Bluebonnet Swamp. “It was the perfect example of cross-curricular teaching where the real learning was through the hands of the children,” said Margaret Boudreaux, 5th grade English teacher.

Click here to read Chetan’s essay.