The University School, St Augustine Trinidad has successfully completed a full cycle of the Learning About Forests (LEAF) programme that has entitled them to the international LEAF Award for 2018. The University School is the first school in Trinidad and Tobago to receive the prestigious LEAF Award.
The University School generated creative and innovative ways of engaging students in activities throughout the entire year in the Math, Science, Social Studies and Arts subject areas. Many of the activities have been acknowledged and documented as global LEAF best practices including mangrove tree planting at Caroni swamp, the Mangrove Project Comparative Study, Spoken Word, a Forest Carnival Band and video conferencing with students from Ireland about their forest projects.
The University School has expressed their delight in participating in the LEAF programme because of their ongoing commitment to enlightened and self-reliant children, having moral and cultural values which produce caring and nurturing members of society. The members of staff at the University School were able to successfully involve the entire student population in LEAF activities throughout the year.
The school as already expressed their willingness to participate in the 2018/2019 LEAF programme under the theme “Forest and Sustainable Cities” a theme very relevant to their geographical space and which ties in with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) initiatives. LEAF students will have the opportunity to learn about the importance of urban forests for battling climate change, stimulating biodiversity, and benefiting local communities.
On Friday 12th October, 2018 in a brief ceremony, the University School received their official LEAF award for the 2017/2018 cycle from Green TnT which was sponsored by Amalgamated Security Services Limited.
In the photos (left to right):
Robert Baur: Group Manager Amalgamated Security Services Limited
Odessa Vincent-Brown Principal of the University School
Tenisha Brown-Williams Director Green T&T, National Coordinator of the LEAF Programme
