For Immediate Release – May 28, 2015
For More Information: Lewisville ISD Outdoor Learning Area
(LISDOLA) Contact: Suzanne Barnard lisdola@lisd.net
469.446.8946
Lewisville ISD Outdoor Learning Area (LISDOLA) Receives
Keep Texas Beautiful Youth and Educator Award
(Lewisville, Texas) – Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB) announced LISDOLA (Lewisville ISD
Outdoor Learning Area) as a winner of the 2015 Sadie Ray Graff Educator Award on
Monday, May 18, 2015. The Sadie Ray Graff Educator Award is one of twelve categories in
the Keep Texas Beautiful Youth & Educator Awards and recognizes those in the field of
education who encourage or demonstrate efforts to promote the KTB mission through
environmental education. Each year, Keep Texas Beautiful recognizes the efforts of young
people, educators and educational institutions that promote beautification, waste reduction and
litter prevention through environmental education and community activism.
LISDOLA received this award for the outstanding watershed model located in the
outdoor Earth's Resources Park at LISDOLA. This highly interactive model increases
participants' knowledge of surface water flow, challenges thinking about water pollution,
and promotes water conservation actions. This unique watershed model was built with
the efforts of Elm Fork Chapter of Texas Master Naturalists and LISDOLA staff. View
watershed model and learn about Lewisville ISD environmental learning program at LISD
Environmental Education.
LISDOLA and all Award winners will be recognized at the June 16 awards luncheon during
the 48th Annual KTB Conference, Blazing Trails for a Beautiful Texas Conference at the Omni
Hotel in Ft. Worth, Texas. A full list of award winners can be found at www.ktb.org.
Keep Texas Beautiful, a statewide grassroots environmental and community
improvement nonprofit, strives to educate and engage Texans to take responsibility for
improving their community environment. KTB and its more than 370 affiliates work with
government, businesses, civic groups, and volunteers to ensure that every Texan has the
opportunity to make Texas the cleanest, most beautiful state in the nation. For more information
on programs and events, call 1-800-CLEAN-TX or visit www.ktb.org.
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