Kelly Gallo, Environmental Educator
Born: Berwick, PA
Education: BS in Elementary Education, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. Currently pursuing a MA in Zoology with Miami University, Oxford, OH.
Credentials: Utah Teaching Certificate (K-8) and Pennsylvania Teaching License (K-6)
Experience: Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Teacher Trainer for NY BOCES, 4 years with PA Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks as an Environmental Education Specialist, Soldier Hollow Charter School since 2004 as 3rd grade teacher, 5th grade teacher, Science educator, and Environmental Educator.
Interests: Being with my husband and our dogs, hiking, mountain biking, snowboarding, and traveling.
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Email me at [email protected].
Please remember: For the health of our students and our environment, the Soldier Hollow Venue is an Idle Free Zone.
Green Council with Billy Demong
2011-2012 Green Council:
This year’s Green Council are environmental ambassadors and our student council. Representatives from each grade have been chosen (via job applications) to represent their class on the Green Council. This dedicated group of students work each day recycling, cleaning up litter, composting, and just generally keeping the school environment happy and healthy! They also lead us each morning with a pledge to our flag and an inspirational morning message that educates the students about our monthly theme.
2011-2012 Theme- Sustainable Habits Foster Stewardship
All school year, students will be learning about Sustainable Habits and each month will celebrate a particular sustainable habits.:
September- To Be Announced (TBA)
October- TBA
November and December- TBA
January- TBA
February- TBA
March- TBA
April- TBA
May- TBA
Utah Envirothon-
A small team of 7th and 8th grade students are training to compete in this year’s state high school Envirothon to be held in Zion National Park on April 20-21, 2012. These students have been sponsored by the Wasatch County Conservation District for the past few years. During competition students will travel between testing stations on aquatic ecology, forestry, soils and land use, and wildlife administered by professionals in each field. They will also prepare an oral presentation on a management plan that they devised given a scenario on estuaries. The team placed 6th (of 28 teams) in the Oral Presentation and 14th overall two years ago. Last year they placed 1st in the state in the Oral Presentation category and 2nd in the state overall!! This was quite a remarkable accomplishment for this young team and at a high school level!
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The 2011 Team With Their Gold and Silver Medals
The Team Celebrating Their Hard Work!
We are members of No Child Left Inside Coalition!
Want to know how you can be involved? Read Richard Louv’s ” Last Child in the Woods- Saving Our Children From Nature Deficit Disorder”.
A great new video from EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) on connecting children to nature!
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