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Schuyler Avenue first graders explore Electric City Aquarium

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(NSSLHA) Chapter at Misericordia University receives Gold Chapter Honors

<p>A team of students from MMI Preparatory School, Freeland took first place at the 40th Annual Luzerne County Envirothon held on April 30 at the Luzerne County Fairgrounds.</p><p>Nearly 140 students representing 28 teams from five different high schools competed in the event with MMI&#8217;s Team-A, the overall winner with a team score of 399 points. Placing second and third were MMI&#8217;s Teams D and B, respectively. The MMI Prep Team A will go on to compete at the PA State Envirothon statewide competition at the University of Pittsburgh Johnstown on May 21 and 22.</p><p>The Envirothon is an environmental competition for students in grades 9-12 which tests their knowledge of aquatics, forestry, wildlife, soils and land use along with a current issue topic. The topic this year was &#8220;Agriculture and the Environment: Knowledge and Technology to Feed the World.&#8221;</p><p>Each station is proctored by personnel from partnering agencies, including PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), PA Fish &amp; Boat Commission, PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry, and PA Game Commission.</p><p>The Luzerne Conservation District coordinates the competition and invites every high school in the county to participate. This year the following high schools responded to the challenge and put their skills to the test: Greater Nanticoke Area, Hanover Area, MMI Preparatory School, Northwest Area, and Wyoming Area.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">From left, are Michael Mele, MMI instructor; students Kai Mele, Alex Sessock, Kaitlyn McGeehan, Benjamin Putnam, and Dominique Kline; and Luzerne Conservation District Executive Director Josh Longmore. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/web1_MMI-Team-A_First-Place-2019.jpg</photo0><caption0>From left, are Michael Mele, MMI instructor; students Kai Mele, Alex Sessock, Kaitlyn McGeehan, Benjamin Putnam, and Dominique Kline; and Luzerne Conservation District Executive Director Josh Longmore. </caption0><photoCredit0>Submitted photo </photoCredit0></div></div>

MMI Preparatory School students win first place at Envirothon