We thank Machell Holbrook and Jesse Clinger for submitting the following articles about an exciting mentoring project in Morgan County! The Youth Teaching the Youth in Morgan County Kentucky By: Machell Holbrook, East Kentucky GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs), Morehead State University Although Morgan County High School students Jesse Clinger […]
Congressman Hal Rogers (KY-5) presented a Difference Maker Award to Linda Rose for her leadership as Morgan County’s PRIDE Environmental Education Liaison. Rogers, who co-founded PRIDE, surprised Rose with the award Oct. 31 during PRIDE’s energy conservation workshop in Annville. “PRIDE volunteers have transformed southern and eastern Kentucky over the last 14 years,” said Rogers. […]
The Jackson County School District’s Energy Team earned southern and eastern Kentucky’s PRIDE Environmental Education Project of the Month Award for November 2011. The award recognizes the team’s success in conserving energy and saving money. In the 2010/2011 school year, the school district cut its energy costs by $46,521, an 11% reduction. Congressman Hal Rogers […]
For giving students a bird’s-eye view of nesting, the Lee County High School PRIDE Club earned southern and eastern Kentucky’s PRIDE Environmental Education Project of the Month Award for October 2011. The PRIDE Club, with assistance from the school district’s technology coordinator, installed a webcam in a bluebird nesting box on campus. […]
Nature will come to life for students across southern and eastern Kentucky during this school year, thanks to funding announced today by Eastern Kentucky PRIDE, Inc., the nonprofit organization that promotes environmental cleanup and education across the region. PRIDE awarded $135,525 in Environmental Education Contracts to 95 schools, nonprofit organizations and other […]
For creating a play to teach children about the environment, the Paintsville High School PRIDE Club won southern and eastern Kentucky’s PRIDE Environmental Education Project of the Month Award. PRIDE Club members wrote the play, entitled I Am the Earth, and performed it May 18 in the PHS cafeteria for an audience of 110 kindergarten […]
For its seventh-grade environmental camp, the McCreary County Extension Service has won the region’s Environmental Education Project of the Month Award. “This camp is ideal because it takes the students outside to learn and have fun, and there’s no better way to develop their love and respect for nature,” said PRIDE’s Tammie […]
