In July, I was honored to speak on a panel at CELF’s 2025 Zero Waste Summit at Rice University. Even more exciting was the premier of my students’ video, “Why Composting Matters”. So proud of their hard work! youtu.be/CpQmQKQxuRo

EcoRise mobilizes a new generation of leaders to design healthy, just, and thriving communities for all. Partnering with Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation, and their generous financial support, benefits Katy High School’s Tiger Prairie and Beekeeping Club! Together we rise!

Looking for something fun (and educational!) to do outside this weekend? Come visit EcoRise and Katy High School Environmental Systems students at the Houston Botanic Garden for the 2025 Monarch March! The weather will be beautiful and this event is FREE! #TogetherWeRise

What a great day with Josh Connelly from Moonshot Compost, exploring ways to divert food waste from the landfill!

It’s that time of year…our 2nd annual “trash art” show! Students love up-cycling discarded items into amazing art…and I love seeing them “lock in” and express their creativity! This, is sustainable intelligence! @ecorise @KatyHighSchool

Many thanks to @reencle_global for gifting my students this amazing bio-organic composter! We’ll be using it to gather data on the impact of ‘zero waste’ lifestyles! Our Tigers leave the world better than they found it!

We’re already into week 2 of the school year, and science is happening!

Learning happens all year long! I am honored to help the University of Rochester UR Institute for Human Health and the Environment pilot some amazing activities this summer. These kiddos loved exploring the connections between humans, animals and our environment.

Want to engage your students with authentic data, AND earn grant money to fund classroom projects?? Join me at the Region 4 science conference!

What a tangled web we weave! Actually, these students are deconstructing peer iNaturalist food web posters to learn more about biodiversity and feeding relationships!

KHS students were the inaugural group of Applied Science Educational Program (ASEP) participants at the 2023 International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy conference today! Many thanks to SEG for inviting us, and to Aramco for sponsoring our visit! @SEG_org @aramco – at Houston, TX

What makes a safe, sustainable landfill? These kiddos are finding out by building their own!

So proud of my students who put their heads and hearts into creating their ‘ecological relationships’ comic strips…they definitely understood the assignment! 😆 ⁦@katyisd⁩ ⁦@KatyHighSchool⁩

Test stress? Not in my classroom! Students live relaxing with Rango.

Emily Billin from the Galveston Bay Foundation visited our classroom today as a guest speaker; students learned about the importance of protecting watersheds! @GBayFoundation

Chaperoning KJH’s trip to the Robert R. Shaw STEAM center; these students loved using Cubelets to build their own robots!

This is why hive checks are so important. These girls started building comb right on the brood box before a super could be added! KHSbeekeeping.org