Fremont High School Environmental Stewards Seek to Raise Public Awareness through Hands-on Activities of own PEYA Projects

Since 1971, the President of the United States has worked with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to recognize K-12 students who promote environmental awareness through the President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA). The large variety of winning PEYA projects produced by young students covers such areas as: restoring native habitats, recycling in schools and communities, construction of nature preserves, tree planting, and installing renewable energy projects.

Later this month, several sophomores and juniors of Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, are presenting their submitted projects at ”PEYA in the Park”, to be held at Lake Elizabeth on Saturday, January 23, from 1 to 3 p.m. The purpose is to raise public awareness to specific environmental issues through engaging the community with hands-on interactive experience. Among the topics are: water conservation, hand-recycling paper and reducing meat consumption.

Participation in the PEYA program is believed to be a life-changing experience for many of the young people. So do plan to attend the event as a family and learn to become a steward of the environment.