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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release Media Contact:
Betsy Arnett, Public Information Officer
barnett@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2734
Town of Leesburg Recognizes Tuscarora High School with
the 2015 Tolbert Environmental Achievement Award
Leesburg, VA (November 10, 2015) – The
Leesburg Environmental Advisory
Commission (EAC) is pleased to announce
Tuscarora High School as the winner of
the 2015 John W. Tolbert, Jr.
Environmental Achievement Award. This
award program recognizes students,
community groups, and individuals who
conduct or participate in activities that
benefit the Town’s environment. The
Leesburg Town Council will present the
award at the Council Meeting on
December 8, 2015.
The EAC chose Tuscarora High School as this year’s award recipient for its innovative
environmental science program that has helped spur several initiatives in sustainability. One
example of the school’s efforts is the reuse of excess printed paper to create notepads,
eliminating the need to purchase new paper notepads. A second initiative has been to aid the
plight of the monarch butterflies with a garden waystation to help sustain the butterfly
migration. In a third initiative, Tuscarora High School has implemented a new lunchroom
recycling program developed and run by the Environmental Sciences classes. The Town is
appreciative of the school for leading the way in promoting environmental balance and is proud
to recognize their efforts with the 2015 Tolbert Environmental Achievement Award.
Joseph Sanchez, Chair of the Leesburg Environmental Advisory Commission, noted, “I am really
impressed with Tuscarora High School’s creative paper re-purposing prior to recycling, which
added considerably to the material’s life cycle. And I applaud the butterfly waystation project.
I know how difficult it can be to establish a functional planting designed to sustain other life .
Well done.”
The EAC and the Leesburg Town Council will host a brief ceremony to present the 2015 Tolbert
Awards on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. The ceremony will take place at the
Tuscarora High School students Taina Thornton and
Sommer Isaacs making memo pads from otherwise
discarded paper
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beginning of the Council’s regular meeting in the Council Chambers at Town Hall (25 West
Market Street).
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Tuscarora High School students Taina Thornton and Sommer Isaacs making memo pads from
otherwise discarded paper
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