Refuge’s WoW team to visit schools
The “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge reported that the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge’s Wildlife on Wheels (WoW) has been polished up and refreshed for the new school year. Its schedule has filled with nine Title I schools — an estimated 9,000 students — in the School District of Lee County. The team will visit the following for the 2024-25 school year:
– Now through Nov. 1: Tice Elementary in Fort Myers
– Nov. 4-22: Lehigh Elementary in Lehigh Acres
– Dec. 2-20: Varsity Lakes Middle School in Lehigh Acres
– Jan. 6-17: G. Weaver Hipps Elementary in Lehigh Acres
– Jan. 21 through Feb. 11: Oak Hammock Middle School in Fort Myers
– Feb. 14-21: Lehigh Senior High in Lehigh Acres
– Feb. 24 through March 13: Orange River Elementary in Fort Myers
– March 24 through April 14: Sunshine Elementary in Lehigh Acres
– April 22 through May 6: Harns Marsh Elementary in Lehigh Acres