Grade 7/8 Environmental Leadership Course
In 2004 we partnered with the Renfrew County Chapter of the Ontario Woodlot Association to launch a pilot project on forests. In 2006, the program was run at Admaston Public School. A field trip and an in-class session focused on four topics: tree identification; wetlands; wildlife habitat and timber harvesting.
Currently the leadership course focuses on an important environmental issue in today’s society which is relevant to the curriculum. Each class is provided an in-class lecture, followed by a field trip, usually a day out tree planting. In 2006, the topic was energy usage and conservation and in 2007 the lectures surrounded our water resources and watersheds. Two schools participated in 2007: St. Casimir’s Catholic School in Round Lake Centre and St. Mary’s in Wilno. St. Mary’s planted 1500 trees for a landowner requiring assistance planting.
