NORTH BERGEN – North Bergen’s P.E.A.K. (Providing Enrichment & Accelerated Knowledge) sixth grade program received this year’s Patricia F. Kane Environmental Educator Award from New Jersey Audubon, an environmental not-for-profit organization, for its long-term commitment to environmental education.
The award was presented based on the “Habitat Passport Program” which has been incorporated in the P.E.A.K. curriculum since 1982. During the first half of the school year students in the program take field trips to various locations throughout northern New Jersey to study different habitats. Students then take this knowledge and record it into a “habitat passport” journal where each habitat has its own page of information presented in a unique way. Each student who successfully completes their journal receives a Jr. Naturalist Award from New Jersey Audubon. Students who excel at this task receive a special blue ribbon award for excellence.
“The P.E.A.K. program is a staple in the North Bergen School District,” said Mayor Nicholas Sacco. “I would like to personally congratulate our P.E.A.K. educators and our students who made this award possible. They worked tirelessly to achieve this great feat and now have a prestigious award to show for their efforts.”
“This is a great recognition for our P.E.A.K. program,” said North Bergen Schools Superintendent Dr. George Solter. “The P.E.A.K. 6 program’s students excelled in their environmental academics with the guidance of their teachers and have been justly rewarded with this very prestigious award.”
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