Members of the CCHS Envirothon team traveled to Slayton, Minnesota last weekend to compete in the state competition. From left are Chloe Blackburn, Doran Acero, Hazel Oberholtzer, Robin Henrikson, Andy Kern, Aurora Schelmeske, Lucy Callender, Abby Prom, Leif Anderson, Claire LaVigne and Amelia Roth.
It won’t be too long before the school will have to build another trophy case to house all of the hardware the kids are bringing home.
Two weeks ago the school’s two Envirothon teams took home two trophies for their high state qualifying places in the regional Envirthon tournament.
Cook County High School sent two teams to compete at the Minnesota state Envirothon competition on May 21 on Lake Shetek in Slayton, Minnesota. Out of the 23 teams competing from 18 different high schools the Cook County teams placed 4th and 7th.
The Cook County “purple” team, which placed 4th overall, got the second-highest team score on the oral presentation.
The kids spent months to prepare their oral presentation with the help of Coach April Wahlstrom and volunteer community experts.
Meanwhile the CCHS “black” team received the highest score of any team on the Forestry section of the competition.
This is the seventh consecutive year that at least one CCHS team has made it to state, and the second consecutive year that two Cook County teams have made it.
The CCHS purple team consisted of Amelia Roth, Aurora Schelmeske, Hazel Oberholtzer, Robin Henrikson, Doran Acero, and Chloe Blackburn.
The CCHS black team members are Andy Kern, Lucy Callender, Abby Prom, Leif Anderson, and Claire LaVigne.
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