Five teams of high school students competed December 3 in the annual SoCalGas Challenge. Teams were challenged to propose climate solutions within their communities.
Winning first place and a $1,500 prize from SoCalGas was the team of Dylan Aguayo and Isa Cross from Harmony Magnet Academy. The pair placed monitors in classrooms at several schools within the Porterville Unified School District. The monitors measured both outdoor particulate matter and indoor carbon dioxide (CO2) levels – both of which can negatively affect student health. In schools that registered high in CO2, the team proposed the installation of HEPA or MERV air filtration systems.Read more in the News Gallery Week.
Also in News Gallery Week:
University Preparatory High School to hold annual Winter Concert December 16; Stage & Space Collaborative to host A Holiday Celestial Spectacular December 19; Registration now open for Anti-Tobacco/Marijuana Challenge Bowl; Tulare students-athletes honored for good character
In partnership with the Kiwanis Club of Greater Tulare, TCOE’s CHARACTER COUNTS! Program recognized this fall’s Pursuing Victory with Honor (PVWH) student-athletes at a breakfast on December 3. For 16 years, the Kiwanis Club of Greater Tulare has recognized student-athletes, nominated by their coaches, each season for their sportsmanship. The awards included a certificate, a PVWH patch, a PVWH t-shirt, and a lawn sign that read "An Athlete of Character Lives Here.”
For more on the students, click here.
