By Florida Catholic staff - Florida Catholic
Photographer: COURTESY PHOTO
A banner hanging from St. Kevin School announces students' accomplishment of achieving the Fairchild Challenge for five consecutive years.
MIAMI | For the fifth consecutive year, St. Kevin School has achieved the Fairchild Challenge. The first Catholic school in the Archdiocese of Miami to achieve the five-peat, the school also has come in second or third place for the last four years.
This year, the school finished third for the third straight year and received a $250 award for the accomplishment. The money will be used to further enhance the gardens and environmental actions of the school.
Photographer: COURTESY PHOTO
St. Kevin School students proudly pose for a photo under the banner the school received for achieving the Fairchild Challenge for five consecutive years.
The Fairchild Challenge, an annual, standards-based environmental education outreach program sponsored by the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, offers several �challenges� for elementary, middle, and high schools.
The program itself focuses on environmental awareness, but does much more than merely teach young people to appreciate the beauty and value of nature. Students are introduced to research practices and are taught the importance of activism. The Fairchild Challenge promotes science literacy, civic engagement, creative expression, and lifelong learning.
The program itself focuses on environmental awareness, but does much more than merely teach young people to appreciate the beauty and value of nature. Students are introduced to research practices and are taught the importance of activism. The Fairchild Challenge promotes science literacy, civic engagement, creative expression, and lifelong learning.
For St. Kevin�s 700+ students, the Fairchild Challenge brings education to the real world, teaching �that individuals make the difference,� as the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden website states. The Fairchild Challenge coordinators are Aselita Garcia and Caridad Unzueta.
