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Aug
31
Written by:
ODNR Division of Wildlife
8/31/2007
DUBLIN JEROME HIGH SCHOOL RECOGNIZED AS WILD SCHOOL SITE
COLUMBUS, OH – Dublin Jerome High School will be dedicated as a WILD School Site by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife on Friday, September 7th at halftime of the Celtics’ football game which begins at 7:30 p.m. at the school grounds.
The WILD School Site program was established by the Division of Wildlife in 1994 to encourage schools to take action in order to improve their school yard habitat for wildlife while using the site to learn lessons in the many subjects of their curriculum. Since then 83 school sites statewide have been certified, with Dublin Jerome becoming the 84th. Three additional Dublin City Schools are currently working toward certification.
The grounds of the high school feature a 10-acre wooded area called the Jerome Outdoor Experience Center (JOEC) in which a 750-meter path has been cleared in order to facilitate students’ studies. Members of the Systems of the Earth, Biology, and Advanced Placement Environmental Science classes all make use of the site.
One highlight of the site is a Garlic Mustard Eradication Study. Students follow scientific procedures to compare the effectiveness of physical and chemical removal of this invasive plant to a control plot. This year, the Advanced Placement Statistics class will be using the science students’ data to practice statistical analysis.
All of the projects and studies have served as a basis for various classroom lessons, a main component of the WILD School Sites program.
Financial assistance has been provided by the Dublin Education Foundation and the Parent-Teacher Organization will be assisting in the future with volunteer labor. The Dublin Jerome football team also partnered with the Division of Wildlife to clean the grounds of the Sawmill Wetland Education Area.
A WILD School Site dedication ceremony will serve as recognition for the teachers’ and students’ hard work.
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