Envirothon 2021
May 5, 2021
Every year Saratoga County Soil-Water Conservation District hosts an event where students grade 9-12 can get together and compete with others about their knowledge of the natural world. There are tests concerning soil and land, forestry, wildlife, aquatics, and current issues. Usually this would be happening in Saratoga Spa Park, but because of Covid restrictions, we are doing it through Google Classroom. Mr. Levin was kind enough to provide us with Dunkin’ hot chocolate and donut holes.
All teams had to create their own team name and email. We had designated ‘team captains’ who had to bring their personal computers into school Wednesday, May 5th. Galway’s teams were the Big Dippers (Anna Dabrowski, Anna Meisenburg, Hannah French, Thomas Villano, and Breanna Reynolds) and The Galway Greats (Ryan Ripepi, Myels Shippey, Lindsey Wight, and Izzy Mancini). We competed against 3 other teams from Schuylerville and Ballston Spa.
The winners per test ended up being:
Aquatics – Envirodorks (Ballston Spa)
Current Events – The Galway Greats
Forestry – Duck Snatchers (Schuylerville)
Soils – Envirodorks
Wildlife – Envirodorks
Overall – Envirodorks
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Brita Donovan • May 17, 2021 at 2:42 pm
Congratulations to The Galway Greats and the Big Dippers! I feel so bad that you were not able to attend the event in Spa Park, but the donut holes and hot chocolate seemed like a nice way to be virtual. Our students and faculty never stop amazing me with their flexibility, creativity and kindness!
Trishelle • May 11, 2021 at 11:50 am
I remember when Galway used to do this. It looks like so much fun and I am glad that even with Covid people can still do things like this.
Isabella Hart • May 10, 2021 at 11:22 am
Congrats to The Galway Greats for winning the Current Events section! It looks like it was a blast, even in this unique setting!
Sadie Underwood • May 7, 2021 at 9:25 pm
I remember seeing a commercial for Envirothon on GTV a few years ago and always wondered what it was like. This sounds like so much fun! Thanks for the interesting insight!