by WFIS | Jun 9, 2025 | Education News, Environmental and Sustainability Education, Student Resources, WFIS News
The National Park Service sponsors the Every Kid Outdoors program, which provides fourth-grade students and their families with free access to discover America’s wildlife, resources, and history for free…for a whole year! All of America’s fourth-grade students are...
by WFIS | Mar 24, 2025 | Agencies and Committees, Education News, Environmental and Sustainability Education, WFIS News
Congratulations to Montessori Academy at Spring Valley, one of the schools chosen by the Department of Ecology as a Waste Not WA School Award winner for their program tackling food waste through a pumpkin patch in the 2024-25 school year! The Department of Ecology is...
by WFIS | Dec 23, 2024 | Agencies and Committees, Education News, Environmental and Sustainability Education, WFIS News
The EPA’s Office of Environmental Education is accepting applications for the 2025 President’s Environmental Youth Awards (PEYA) and Presidential Innovation Awards for Environmental Educators (PIAEE). Applications for both awards are due by Monday, January 15, 2025....
by WFIS | Nov 4, 2024 | Education News, Environmental and Sustainability Education, WFIS News
Energy Star’s new toolkit is designed for K-12 students who want to jump-start or enhance their school’s energy management program. Students learn how to benchmark and understand their school’s energy use, conduct an energy efficiency treasure hunt to...
by WFIS | Dec 11, 2023 | DOH, Education News, Environmental and Sustainability Education, WFIS News
DOH releases Ventilation Guidance Nov 2023 The new document Ventilation and Air Quality for Reducing Transmission of Airborne Illnesses does not include any new requirements but parallels the standards we are seeing in county health school facility inspections, so it...
by WFIS | Dec 11, 2023 | Agencies and Committees, Environmental and Sustainability Education, WFIS News
Schools in the Tacoma/ Pierce district received notification from the Environmental Health Department that the department will adopt new regulations into the Environmental Health Code. They state that the new regulations will allow them to “Improve regulatory...
