Written by: Phoebe Karan At the beginning of February this school year, the Forest Lake High School Environmental Club YES! Team received funds from the McKnight Foundation for their project Reducing Energy and Habitats for Bees. The group has since then been using the fundings to first educate the school and community, then to provide LED light bulbs and finally to create another
Winner, Winner, Local Foods Dinner
Congratulations to the Southern YES! teams for another incredible year of hardworking students completing inspirational and impactful projects. This year’s Southern Regional Judging took place at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN where 6 judges from the community came together to assess 5 of the 7 Southern YES! teams’ accomplishments. Results: 1st Place Award Recipient – Sleepy Eye YES!
And the Winners are…
Congratulations to the West Central YES! teams for yet another amazing year of hardworking students completing complex projects. This year’s West Central Regional Judging took place at Dahmes Stainless Inc. in New London, MN where 4 judges from the community came together to assess eight of the eleven West Central YES! teams' accomplishments. Results: 1st Place Award Recipient – Sartell YES!
Sartell YES! Projects
Submitted Blog by Kenzie A. The Sartell Middle School 7th grade enriched class is apart of YES!. The goal of YES! this year is to reduce, reuse, and recycle. So far the YES! team has made lessons on waste reduction, recycling, composting, reducing food waste, how much we waste, and reusing. These lessons are shown throughout the middle school in our SA/homeroom classes. We have also put
YES! Alumni Spotlight: Stephanie Pederson
We recently had the pleasure of speaking with Stephanie Pederson, an alumna of the YES! team at Eden Valley-Watkins High School. She now works in Energy Services at Dakota Electric Association. While a member of the YES! team, she worked on projects that included grant writing, a school energy audit, increasing recycling, providing education to elementary students on topics related to
Pollinators and Solar Panels
On March 16, 2018 students from the Carlton High School YES! team embarked on a journey of discovery and learning about pollinator habitat and solar panels. At first glance these two topics may seem disconnected but, as we learned, they actually are becoming more integrated every year. Our day started at the Boreal Natives main office in Esko MN where the staff introduced us to pollinator
