YES! Receives the 2013 Environmental Initiative Award for Environmental Education
Kimberly Colgan, a YES! student from St. Cloud Apollo, proudly displaying YES!’s Environmental Initiative Award for Environmental Education! Last night we were honored to be invited to attend the Minnesota Environmental Initiative Awards as a finalist in the Environmental Education category. These awards are an annual celebration of the individuals, organizations, businesses, and communities who have worked together to create a better environment... [Read More...]
YES! Announces 2012-2013 Award Winners!
One You, Many Connections YES! 2012-2013 YES! awards were presented within each cohort. Unless otherwise noted, Grand Prize winners received $1,000; Second Place winners received $750; Third Place winners received $500; and all Category Award winners received $250 each. See what each team accomplished by reading more on the Teams page. Grand Prize Westbrook-Walnut Grove Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City Royalton 2nd Place Sleepy Eye New London-Spicer Tie:... [Read More...]
Happy Earth Day!
We hope everyone has found a way to celebrate the 43rd annual Earth Day! Here are how some of our teams are celebrating the day in their schools and communities: GFW: The GFW YES! team is kicking off their Earth Week on Earth Day and will spend the week implementing environmental activities for students in all three of the school buildings in their district. Rocori: The Rocori YES! team participated in the Earth Day Expo at St. Cloud State... [Read More...]
Spring Judging 2013
As we start to wrap up the 2012-2013 YES! season, we want to congratulate each of our YES! teams on their amazing work this school year. As part of the YES! Program, we offer spring judging at the end of each school year to highlight teams’ work and celebrate their successes. The Sleepy Eye YES! team proudly displaying their 2011-2012 YES! awards A panel of judges selects a recipient team for each of these following awards based on the teams’... [Read More...]
Mankato West team in the news
Representative Tim Walz visited Mankato West High School to talk to the students about energy and the environment. (Photo courtesy Eric Koser, Mankato West YES! Coach) Representative Tim Walz visited Mankato West High School recently to talk about energy and the environment. He also got to hear from some YES! students about the great work they are doing to eradicate polystyrene trays from their school cafeteria. The Mankato West YES! students have... [Read More...]
