The Everglades Foundation's Everglades Literacy Program

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The Everglades Foundation's Everglades Literacy Program

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The Everglades Literacy Program empowers the next generation of conservation stewards by investing in teachers to drive cultural change within schools for the benefit of local and ecological communities.

06/03/2026

What a year! 🎉 We’re so grateful to each of you for your passion and commitment, thank you from the Everglades Education team! 💚

From Kissimmee to Monroe, we’ve seen incredible impact across the watershed. A huge thank you to the 1,400+ teachers who joined 73 Everglades Literacy Teacher Trainings and 7 outdoor professional learning sessions this year.

05/27/2026

Pinecrest Elementary School Everglades student ambassadors received their coins! 💚💧🐊Thank you for sharing your Everglades knowledge with your community and helping to educate others about the importance of our ecosystem.

05/21/2026

Student ambassadors from Lake Trafford Elementary in Collier County Public School District received their Everglades challenge coins and proudly showcased them across a map of Collier County to highlight the incredible impact they’ve made on their school campus🐊

05/19/2026

💚✨Congratulations to the student ambassadors at Saint Andrew Catholic School in Lee County! They received their challenge coins for participating in campus clean-up efforts and learning about the importance of restoration and sustainability. Thank you for your efforts in protecting the Everglades ecosystem! 🐊

05/18/2026

We were so excited to meet Julian, our 2026 Everglades Challenge Coin winner, in-person! 🏆💚It was a special moment to hand-deliver his coin and celebrate his winning design alongside his family, teachers, and school community at Virginia Shuman Young Montessori Elementary.

Challenge coins are now making their way to students and teachers across Florida! 🌿 Thank you to all of our amazing Everglades ambassadors for your passion and commitment to learning about and protecting this one-of-a-kind ecosystem.

05/15/2026

✨ Something exciting is coming! Registration for the 2026 Everglades Teacher Symposium opens next week. Get ready to join us on July 22 in West Palm Beach for an inspiring opportunity to connect, learn, and bring the Everglades into your classroom Everglades into your classroom.

05/14/2026

Take Everglades education to the next level! Engage your middle and high school students in community action and real-world problem solving around Everglades issues. 🤝💡

Empower students to become changemakers by joining this one-day Everglades civic action professional learning session, where learning turns into action! 🌿✨

Register to attend here: https://events.blackthorn.io/en/HuI4X9R7/everglades-civic-action-teacher-training-73026-4a4AV1T3fF/overview

05/13/2026

🌎✨ Today we're highlighting the civic action projects of the seniors in the Environmental Science and Everglades Restoration Magnet Program at South Plantation High School, who spent the year turning learning into civic action.

At their annual Senior Symposium: Empowering Community, Cultivating Change, students presented their projects tackling real environmental issues impacting the Everglades and sharing solutions with educators, community partners, and local leaders.

05/12/2026

This week is , celebrating youth partnering with adults to identify local environmental issues and take action by advocating for system changes. We celebrated The Freedom Institute of Collier County with their American alligator student ambassador coins and certificates! 🏆

Freedom Institute students, guided by Champions in Action teacher Briana Chieco, are focusing on water quality after discovering an important gap: while fertilizers are banned during the summer, pesticides are not. They’re now working with two HOA communities to reduce summer pesticide use by presenting to HOA boards, encouraging HOA wide policy change, inviting residents to take a pledge to go pesticide free, and creating neighborhood signage to spread awareness.

05/11/2026

Applications are in! 🌿🏆💚 From classrooms to communities, Everglades Champion Schools have made an impact all year long. We received nearly 90 applications from schools representing 13 counties across the state.

We congratulate all teachers and school administrators, students, school districts, parents, and community partners for their leadership and efforts in expanding Everglades education. Our judges have officially begun reviewing applications, and results will be shared early June! 💚

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Miami, FL
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