Environmental Ambassador Pilot Program

EAPP Participants Burbank Unified School District Desert Sands Unified School District Fresno Unified School District Humboldt County Office of Education Oak Grove Union School District San Juan Unified School District Warner Union School District

Demographic Characteristics District (County) # SchoolsEnroll. F & R MealsHispanicWhite Afr. Amer.AsianFilipino Pacific Island Amer. IndianOther Burbank (LA) 2016,17040%36%52%2%6%3%>1% 1% Desert Sands (Riverside) 2523,50050%63%32%2%1%>1% Fresno (Fresno) 9879,00773%49%20%12%18%>1% 1%>1% Humboldt County 8421,19526%8%80%2%3%>1%1%5%>1% Oak Grove (Sonoma) %18%79%1% >1% San Juan (Sacramento) 8650,26629%10%75%6%4%1% 2%>1% Warner (San Diego) %14%61%1% >1% 23%1% State Averages48%43%36%8% 2%1% EAPP Averages53%41%56%5%6%1%>1%4%>1%

Geographical Distribution

Burbank USD

Vision Statement  Our team at JBHS, through the Environmental Ambassador Pilot Program (EAPP) & the Environment as an Integrating Context (EIC) model, will educate students & staff through contextual, community, & standards based learning.  Students, cooperatively & independently, with an understanding of natural & social systems, will use higher-level thinking skills to develop a waste reduction, recycling, & conscientious consumption model through a community- based student developed service-learning constructivist approach.

John Burroughs Campus Beautification & Preservation  Enhance Campus & School Pride  Re-direct & Reduce Waste Generated  Reduce cost of waste removal  Integrate Standards-Based Lessons with Real World Applications on Campus  Collaborative & Inter-Disciplinary Lessons to achieve higher academic success

Key Partners Burbank Recycle Center Tree People Generation Earth California Regional Environmental Education Community Burbank USD

Desert Sands USD

Opportunities 80+ Institute participants $9.5 M Federal Voluntary School Choice Program Six environmental science magnet schools

Desert Sands USD Key Partners Desert Resources Council (25 local conservation organizations) California Regional Environmental Education Community (CREEC)

Fresno USD

Vision Statement To create an awareness of the negative and positive impact of a growing population on the environment and the interaction between natural and social systems.

Students will discover the effects that contaminants from yards and driveways have on water quality in the underground aquifer. Focus of Investigation: There are too many contaminants finding their way into the storm drain system and contaminating the underground aquifer. Organizing Question: How does human behavior affect the water quality in the underground aquifer? Description of Community- based Investigation

Key Partners City of Fresno Water Conservation City of Fresno Waste Water Management Fresno Metropolitan Flood District California Dept of Forestry & Fire Protection San Joaquin River and Conservation Trust Central Valley Air Resources Board 21st Century Community Learning Centers Central Valley Science Project California State University Fresno Region 7 CREEC Fresno USD

Humboldt COE

Community Based Investigation Organizing Question What are the effects of resource use on the health of the Humboldt Bay watershed ecosystem and how does the health of Humboldt Bay affect the community?

Supporting Questions – Resource Use 1.What resources does the school use? 2.How does the school manage energy and materials? 3.In what ways does the school reduce, reuse, and recycle materials and energy? 4.What are the impacts of resource use in our schools? 5.What are the costs related to our waste management system? 6.How can the pattern of resource consumption be changed? 7.How can the pattern of waste disposal be changed? 8.What are the future impacts of our current patterns of use of our watershed? Community Based Investigation

Key Partners Humboldt State University Cities of Arcata and Eureka County of Humboldt Waste Management Joint Powers Authority Arcata Community Recycling Center Arcata Garbage Company City Garbage of Eureka Humboldt Sanitation and Recycling Humboldt COE

Oak Grove USD

Oak Grove Union School District will support its students and community in becoming Stewards of the Environment and maintaining habits of sustainability. Vision Statement

Summary Description of One K-2 Unit: Community Based Investigation: “What is recycling, and why do I want to do it?” Lesson 1: What is Litter? Why is it a problem? Lesson 2: Where is it, and what can we do about it? Lesson 3: Children sort and classify collected litter Lesson 4: Tally Recycled materials around the classroom. Chart and graph results. Share data with other classrooms. results. Share data with other classrooms. Lesson 5: (Service Learning based) Generate ideas about how to reduce/reuse/recycle in the classroom and at home. reduce/reuse/recycle in the classroom and at home. Other: Guest speakers, such as waste haulers, waste management, school custodian, grandparents. Responsible Individuals: Students, Teachers, Parents, Custodians, Aides and other staff, Administration, Community Members Timeline: 2 nd and 3 rd weeks of September

Key Partners Sonoma County Water Agency Waste Haulers Occidental Art and Ecology Center Sonoma County Master Gardeners Sonoma State University EE interns UC Extension Friends of the River Atascadero/G. V. Watershed Council Spring Lake Park Discovery Center Oak Grove USD

San Juan USD

To create a sustainable and healthy planet dealing with the flow of waste and how it effects our campus and community systems. This will be accomplished by establishing and maintaining a recycling program at each campus and by integrating environmental education in all grade levels and all disciplines. Environmental Ambassador Program Vision

Community-based Investigation Organizing Question –How does the flow of waste impact and influence ecosystem health and specifically effect our campus and community system?

Key Partners Sacramento Municipal Utility District Alliance to Save Energy State and Consumer Services Agency California Energy Commission Resource Conservation Manager Program CIWMB San Juan USD

Warner USD

Environmental Ambassador Program Vision To Promote life long knowledge of conservation, we will implement the Environmental Ambassador Program through partnerships with community, industry, universities, and collaboration efforts between students and staff school wide. By developing an environmental service learning program which incorporates standards based curriculum and authentic assessment, our program will improve student achievement, increase waste diversion, and promote school spirit.

Standards-Based and Context Based Learning Objectives Standards Based: Demonstrate the use of sophisticated learning tools Students use property of numbers to demonstrate if Organisms in ecosystem exchange energy and nutrients Students understand being good citizen and behaving in a certain way Context Based: Students will be able to calculate savings generated by composting Students will understand how lunch time waste impacts community Students will interact with at least one outside agency to complete community service

Key Partners Colorado Desert District State Parks San Diego State University San Diego Zoological Association Santa Ysabel Indian Reservation Los Coyotes Indian Reservation Vista Irrigation District California’s Own Native Landscape San Diego Gas and Electric Warner USD

EAPP Implementation Institutes

Principal Objectives Curriculum Alignment: –Grade-level specific content standards –Standards-based learning objectives to provide the foundation for the EIC Model™ Unit EIC Model™ Unit –sequence of instruction; –links to adopted instructional materials; and, –key understandings of site-based waste stream and resource conservation.

Principal Objectives Student Assessment Plan: –Standards-based student assessment –Sample student assessment of waste diversion and other resource conservation activities Program Implementation and Evaluation Plan –work plan and timetable for implementation and evaluation

July 7-11, Los Angeles Burbank USD Warner USD July 21-25, Sacramento Fresno USD Humboldt COE Oak Grove USD San Juan USD August 11-15, La Quinta Desert Sands USD EAPP Implementation Institutes

Attendees included — will include: Teachers District and School Administrators Facilities and Operations Managers Community Partners — e.g. waste hauler/ recyclers, non-profits, service organizations Local Waste Management Agency Personnel Course content can be found at: EAPP Implementation Institutes

Elementary (15) Cameron Ranch (SJ) Carter (DS) Cottage (SJ) Dow’s Prairie (H) Ford (DS) Freshwater (H) Lincoln (DS) Oak Grove (OG) Pacific Union (K-8) (H) Peninsula (H) Ridgewood (H) Turner (Fresno) Warner (Warner) Washington (Burbank) Washington Charter (DS) EAPP — Participating Schools Middle (8) Muir (Burbank) Palm Desert (DS) Scandanavian (Fresno) Sylvan (SJ) Warner (Warner) Wawona (Fresno) Will Rodgers (SJ) Willowside (OG) High (12) Arcata (H) Bella Vista (SJ) Burroughs (Burbank) Duncan (Fresno) Fresno (Fresno) Hoover (Fresno) La Quinta (DS) Mesa Verde (SJ) Mira Loma (SJ) Palm Desert (DS) Sunnyside (Fresno) Warner (Warner)

Summary Timetable

Summary Timetable Grants to Environmental Ambassadors (EAPPs) EIC Institute for EAPPs EAPPs initiate programs 2004 EAPPs continue program implementation 2005 EAPPs gather program evaluation data EAPPs produce final reports