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Honor Your School’s Environmental Ed Achievements: Apply for the Virginia Naturally School Recognition Program
Richmond, VA — The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) invites schools that are working to include environmental literacy in their curricula to apply for the 2023-2024 Virginia Naturally School Recognition Program.
As the Commonwealth’s official environmental education school recognition program, DWR’s Virginia Naturally School program honors exemplary efforts undertaken to increase environmental awareness and stewardship among K-12 students. Environmental education efforts also support the Virginia Department of Education’s Profile of a Virginia Graduate by developing students’ communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creative thinking, and civic responsibility.
Schools will be evaluated based on two criteria:
- Authentic, hands-on, real-world learning that takes place in the classroom, emphasizes environmental/sustainable education, and includes civic engagement and/or STEM connections.
- Learning that expands beyond the classroom setting (often referred to as meaningful field experiences) to connect back to what students are learning in the classroom.
If your school has been working to include education about the environment in the curricula, DWR encourages applying for the Virginia Naturally School Recognition Program. This is not a one-time award, but one upon which you may build and achieve additional recognitions each year you participate.
All applications must be submitted by June 30, 2024.
For more information please visit: https://dgifwebtest.gooutdoorsvirginia.com/education/school-recognition/
We look forward to reading about your amazing environmental literacy efforts.