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ES Teachers in the News
Gibraltar Teacher Named Conservation Educator of
the Year
David Tupa, science teacher at Gibraltar High School in Fish Creek, has
been named the 2009 Conservation Educator of the Year by the Wisconsin
Conservation Congress. Tupa teaches environmental science, biology,
human anatomy, forensic science and earth science at Gibraltar, where he
has worked since 1996. Over the years, his students have built and
installed bird nest boxes, assisted the Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources in salmon egg harvesting, participated in bird counts and
written letters to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services.
Press
Release (PDF)
Berlin Teacher Receives National Environmental
Science Teaching Award
 Pat
Arndt of Berlin High School is recipient of the 2008
Ecology/Environmental Science Teaching Award from the National
Association of Biology Teachers (NABT). This award is given to a
secondary school teacher who has successfully developed and demonstrated
an innovative approach in the teaching of ecology/environmental science
and has carried his/her commitment to the environment into the
community.
Grantsburg High School Awarded Statewide Honors
Environmental science teacher Matt Berg
and his students from Grantsburg High School were awarded the 2007
Outstanding Achievements in Youth Monitoring award for their work
analyzing mussel communities in northwestern
Wisconsin
and monitoring dragonfly communities on the St.
Croix River and its tributaries from the Citizen-Based
Monitoring Network of Wisconsin.
More Information
(CBM web site)
Middleton High School Teacher
Presented National Honors
 Debra
Weitzel, environmental studies and chemistry teacher at Middleton High
School, was awarded the first Richard C. Bartlett Environmental
Education Award from the National Environmental Education Foundation.
Since beginning her career at Middleton in 1978, Deb has been a pioneer
for environmental studies at the high school level. She has grown
Middleton's program from a single course to a popular and challenging
series of classes that includes an advanced placement environmental
course as well as two elective courses, Environmental Studies I and II.
Press Release
(PDF)
Capital Times
Article (PDF)
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