DENR IX Envi Quiz kicks off Climate Change Consciousness Week in ZamPen

DENR-9 Regional Youth Desk Officer Roservirico A. Tan (rightmost) awards the cash prize, trophies and medals to Zamboanga del Norte National High Schoo for winning the Regional Inter-High School Environmental Quiz 2016. With him are project partners Jun Berberio (4^th from left) of the Environmental Management Bureau, Cyrene Mayormita (3^rd from left) of the Department of Education and Marianne Tapales (2^nd from right) of JCI Yllana.

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (Nov. 22, 2016) – Zamboanga del Norte National High School (ZDNNHS) emerged as the champions for the first ever Inter-High School Environmental Quiz 2016 conducted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources IX in partnership with the Department of Education and JCI Yllana in Bamboo Garden Hotel, Dipolog City.

Pagadian City Science High School (PagSci) and Andres Bonifacio College Junior High School (ABC-High School) won 2^nd and 3^rd place, respectively.

Zach Nonaillada, Ringo Sta Ana and Jose Agapito Cruz represented ZDNNHS; Jan Pol Dosdos, Rachelle Albaracin and Leonard John Corpuz represented PagSci; while, Douglas Marimon, Anne Margarette Cabalida and Neem Vivien Acama represented ABC-High School.

Envi Quiz winners received medals and trophy with P10,000, P5,000 and P3,000 in cash for the 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place respectively.

DENR IX Regional Director Arleigh J. Adorable said, “The Envi Quiz is a collaborative effort to creatively showcase the knowledge and awareness of the youth in environmental issues through a friendly competition among high school students and create a strong public awareness on government-initiated, particularly of the DENR, programs and projects that aim for the conservation and preservation of the country’s environment and natural resources.”

The activity is in consonance with the November environmental celebrations of the National Environmental Awareness Month (NEAM), National Clean Air Month (NCAM) and the Climate Change Consciousness Week, which is celebrated on November 21-25, with the joint theme, “Green Schools… Build Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Communities.”

The NEAM and NCAM is celebrated  pursuant to Republic Act No. 9512 and Proclamation No. 1109 series of 1997, respectively. Meanwhile, the CCCW is celebrated in pursuant to Proclamation No. 1667 series of 2008.

 

Highlights of the Regional Inter-High School Environmental Quiz 2016 

The Envi Quiz was participated by a total of forty-eight students and sixteen teacher/advisers from various schools across Zamboanga Peninsula. (MT DENRIX-RPAO)

(By Jong Cadion with PR)