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Academy of Environmental Science, Located in Crystal River, overlooking the beautiful Salt River and Gulf of Mexico on Florida's west gulf coast, the Academy of Environmental Science is Citrus County's first and only public charter high school of science, language arts, and technology. High school students interested in post- secondary education and careers in the environmental sciences attend the academy for an education in the natural sciences. Students gain a sense of environmental stewardship in a multi-year program of instruction through the senior year. Highly qualified instructors utilize a team approach and flexible scheduling to design a curriculum of instruction that is rigorous, creative, comprehensive, relevant, and interdisiplinary. Many of the lessons are designed to be taught out-of-doors through hands-on discovery in the field. Students frequently canoe or motorboat to and from lesson sites where marine and coastal ecosystems can be discovered firsthand. Exploration, discovery and research projects are offered to students in partnership with environmental organizations and post-secondary institutions.

Academy of Environmental Science A Citrus County School Board initiated charter school, the Academy of Environmental Science was founded in 1999 through a partnership between various individuals, organizations, and agencies working to protect our precious environment and natural resources while focusing on environmental careers. Highlights of the academy facility and instruction include the WeatherBug weather tracking station that measures 27 different weather measurement parameters. The Aquaculture Center provides students animal husbandry skills in the fish-hatchery program. In-the-field instructional experiences regulary take students into the environmental arena where education and real-life applications are developed.

With the growing worldwide interest in environmental protection and stewardship, prospective students and interested parties are invited to visit the Academy of Environmental Science website: www.environmental-school.org for more information, or contact the school at (352)795-8793 for enrollment applications and information.Mail to: Academy of Environmental Science, 12695 W Fort Island Trail, Crystal River, FL 34429. Friends, partners, sponsors and others who wish to support the Academy of Environmental Science with its progressive and visionary goal of educating young environmentalists are invited to contact the academy. Discover the Academy of Environmental Science - the high school with a vision and a view!