On April 26, Garden City High School sophomores Madeleine McCarthy, Jeffrey Li, Hunter Maguire, Annika Margolies and Simone Oustacher placed second overall in the Long Island Regional Envirothon at the Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts. They competed against 28 teams from Nassau and Suffolk counties.
>span class="apple-converted-space"> It is based on five subject areas: aquatics, forestry, soils, wildlife and a current issue, which changes annually. The team gave a nine-minute presentation on the current issue prompt of, “adapting to climate change.”
Envirothon is administered by the Nassau and Suffolk County Soil & Water Conservation District. The Garden City School District congratulates the team on their ingenuity and success at the Envirothon.