On behalf of the Rio Grande International Study Center, we wish to congratulate all participating watershed teams and their extraordinary lead teachers for your contributions in making the 9
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Rio Research Roundup a successful event.
We deeply appreciate your time and commitment to this award-winning binational project given your packed curriculum and busy schedules.
This year, we had 78 participating schools from Colorado to Brownsville/Matamoros testing for nitrogen, PH, dissolved oxygen, and nitrate among other water quality parameter. Through their field observations, student teams submitted data, essays, short videos, and elaborate pieces of art and well-developed Public Service Announcements.
Every October, as part of
Dia del Rio,
RGISC hosts the Rio Research Roundup in which 2,000 to 2,500 students from the United States and Mexico test the waters of the Rio Grande or one of its tributaries. We also have competing teams from smaller Texas watersheds that also empty into the Gulf of Mexico.
For nearly a decade, the Roundup has become a fall staple for veteran schools like CBTIS 128 from Ciudad Juarez, Chih. and Hot Springs HS from Truth or Consequences, NM, which continue to raise the bar for competitive standards for all returning and newcomer teams.
This year, we welcomed a record number of newcomer schools. We had seven Matamoros, Tamaulipas under the direction of Chemist Israel Adrian Blanco Cruz, who went to great lengths to have the Mexican Navy present during the water monitoring. In the U.S., nine new teams emerged from the Santa Fe, NM area in addition to Navajo Preparatory School from Farmington, NM, which tested the waters of the San Juan tributary.
Meanwhile, smaller Texas basins were well-represented by schools in Lasara and Santa Perlita, and we also saw a return by our
Best of Country Winner 2017
- Sacred Heart Catholic School of Hallettsville, TX.
This year, as our organization prepares for its 25th anniversary, RGISC is also honored to begin the process of embarking on our 10
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installment of this unique basin-wide project. It is scheduled for Thursday, October 10, 2019. We hope to have your commitment as we continue this wonderful journey of environmental advocacy, river awareness and love for one of the greatest heritage rivers in the Western Hemisphere.
Registration for our 10th Roundup, and outreach to new campuses, will begin this spring!
Thank you!
Lucia Juarez
Project Coordinator
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Navajo Preparatory School/ Farmington, NM
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BEST OF COUNTRY WINNERS
2018
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BEST OF COUNTRY - U.S.
Alamosa High School - Alamosa, Colorado
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
Katie Montague
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MEJOR DEL PAIS - MEXICO
CBTIS 128 - Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
BAJO LA DIRECCION DE
Lilia Veronica Porras Salazar
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GANADORES DE COMPONENTES - MEXICO
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CBTIS 128 Ciudad, Juarez, CHIH
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Thank you to all participating watershed teams for your extraordinary work!
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ESSAYS - U.S.
Melissa R. Cigarroa
RGISC Board President
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ESSAYS - MEXICO
Gisela de Hoyos
News Anchor
Televisa - Nuevo Laredo
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PSA - U.S.
Richard Sames
RGISC Advisory Board
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PSA - MEXICO
Ing. Gustavo Pantoja
Presidente, Centro Internacional de los Estudios del Rio Bravo (CIER)
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ART - U.S./MX
Antonio "Tony" Briones
Public Artist and Muralist; former Art Teacher
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SHORT VIDEOS - US/MX
George Beckelhymer
Business owner and former Laredo ISD Board President
University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor's degree in film.
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Watershed Video Submissions
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We hope you enjoy the following series of short videos and public service announcements (PSAs) submitted by our exceptional watershed teams.
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90-Second Videos United States and Mexico
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Public Service Announcement - United States
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Anuncio al Servicio Publico - Mexico
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Hot Springs High School
Truth or Consequences , NM
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LBJ Early College High School
Laredo, TX
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CBTIS 128
Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
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Desert Academy
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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CBTIS 234
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
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Hector Garcia Early College High School
Laredo, TX
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CETMAR 35
Matamoros, Tamaulipas
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Mural del Rio Bravo
CBTIS 189 - Matamoros, Tamaulipas
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Bosque School - Albuquerque, NM
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Center High School - Center, CO
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Cigarroa High School - Laredo, TX
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Franklin High School - El Paso, TX
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Desert Academy - Santa Fe, NM
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Sacred Heart Catholic School - Hallettsville, TX
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Hot Springs High School - Truth or Consequences, NM
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Navajo Preparatory Academy - Farmington, NM
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CBTIS 128 - Ciudad Juarez, CHIH
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CONALEP 55 - Matamoros, TAMP
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CONALEP 55 - Matamoros, TAMP
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Urbano Riojas - Nueva Rosita, COAH
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CETIS 87 - Delicias, CHIH
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CETIS 87 - Delicias, CHIH
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Harmony Science Academy - Laredo, TX
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CETMAR 35 - Matamoros, TAMP
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CETMAR 35 - Matamoros, TAMP
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A special recognition to
our veteran schools
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Nine Years and Counting...
We would like to recognize the following schools for their participation in the Roundup for the past nine consecutive years!!
Alamosa High School - Alamosa, CO
Bosque School - Albuquerque, NM
Hot Spring High School - Truth or Consequences, NM
St. Augustine High School - Laredo, TX
CBTIS 234 - Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
On their way to a decade of participating in the
Rio Research Roundup.
Bravo!
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With special thanks to Chemist Israel Blanco for facilitating and coordinating the schools in the Matamoros, Tamaulipas area.
We also wish to thank Ing. Agustin Boone, Ing. Gustavo Pantoja, and the staff at the
Comisión Internacional de Límites y Aguas
(CILA) in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas for their continued support.
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This magnificent project would not be possible without the generosity of these funders:
TRULL FOUNDATION
SOUTH TEXAS OUTREACH FOUNDATION
HEB
WALMART
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Melissa R. Cigarroa (President), Juan Livas (Vice-President), Adrian Zapata (Treasurer), Kathy Garcia (Secretary), Danny D. Gunn Sr. (Parliamentarian), Gabriela Fernandez de Ponce, Eddie Garza, P.E., Maria Eugenia "Meg" Guerra, Rocio Lopez, Alyce McCain, Monica Molano, Richard G. Morales Jr.
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For more information on the Rio Research Roundup please contact
Lucia Juarez (Roundup Coordinator) at lucia@rgisc.org
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Rio Grande International Study Center
1 West End Washington St., Bldg. P-11
Laredo, TX 78040
(956) 718-1063
www.rgisc.org
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