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Culminating Air Quality Activities in Kellogg Schools

Students in the Kellogg School District finished the school year by participating in the West Silver Valley Air Quality Coloring Contest and the Kellogg High School Air Quality Symposium.


Results from the West Silver Valley Coloring Contest

The coloring contest was opened to Kellogg students in grades K-3. Approximately 60 students submitted entries. Entries were evaluated on coloring skill, creativity, overall artistic ability, and quality of writing as demonstrated by the response to the prompt, “How can I help keep the air clean in the West Silver Valley?” The contest was sponsored by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality and the University of Montana School of Public and Community Health Sciences. Special thanks to Sharon Waldo for creating the coloring contest art work and to the folks at Mountain Colors Yarn in Corvallis, MT who agreed to take on the difficult task of judging the entries.


Winners from Canyon Elementary School:




Left to right: Sammie Newburn – 3rd place; Peyton Story – 2nd place; Cyrus Reed – 1st place.

Winners from Pinehurst Elementary School:



Left to right: Ember Meyer – 2nd place, Ms. Felicia Beehner – teacher, Joshua Dituri – 1st place. Not pictured: Peyton Miskovsy – 3rd place. 

Results from the 1st Annual Kellogg High School Air Quality Symposium

Students from Jennifer Yasen’s Integrated Science class at Kellogg High School participated in the 1st Annual Kellogg High School Air Quality Symposium on Thursday May 23 at the high school. Students used air quality monitors provided by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality to conduct air quality-themed scientific research. Students employed the scientific process to investigate questions they developed concerning air quality issues in the West Silver Valley. Students presented the results of their research using a science poster format. The nine research projects were evaluated by air quality professionals from the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality and the University of Montana School of Public and Community Health Sciences.

Air Quality Symposium Poster Winners



From left to right: Madison Best, Brittany Madsen, Joslyn McGregor, Joslyn Hojem, Taylor Bush, Abigayle Van Duzer, Catherine Verrall.
  •    1st place went to Madison Best, Brittany Madsen and Joslyn McGregor for their research     comparing the air particulate levels of Kellogg and Cataldo.
  •    2nd place went to Joslyn Hojem and Taylor Bush for their study comparing air quality   particulates produced at a pizza restaurant versus pizza cooked in the home.
  •    3rd place went to Abigayle Van Duzer and Catherine Verrall for their investigation of air   particulate levels in northern Idaho compared to those in northwestern Oregon.


Air Quality Symposium Top Poster Award




Brittany Madsen, Joslyn McGregor, and Madison Best (left to right) with their top poster that investigated the research question, "Which community, Kellogg or Cataldo, would have the highest PM2.5 levels?"

The Kellogg High School Air Quality Symposium was jointly sponsored by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality and the University of Montana School of Public and Community Health Sciences.

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