HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - PROCLAMATION - 11/03/2015 - PROCLAMATION DECLARING NOVEMBER 15-21 GEOGRAPHY AWPROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, geography education will be incorporated in classrooms and lessons
throughout the country, increasing the geo-literacy of students nationwide; and
WHEREAS, the focus on “Explore! The Power of Maps” this year will encourage
learning about the Colorado cultural, political, and physical landscapes and our interdependence
and interconnection to the world beyond our state’s and nation’s borders; and
WHEREAS, geography education bolsters core social studies, science, and technology
literacy in our elementary and secondary students by featuring grade-appropriate geography
literacy goals and content standards; and
WHEREAS, geography education will encourage schools and colleges to partner with
local museums, governments, nature centers, science centers; and
WHEREAS, geography education also prepares young people to deal with the
challenges that they will face in their civic lives, as our society witnesses globalization, military
and political conflicts, community development, increasing global population, climate change,
availability of natural resources and energy, and other issues; and
WHEREAS, Geography Awareness Week, coordinated by the National Geographic
Society, in cooperation with state geographic alliances, education associations, and agencies will
become an annually anticipated event for local participation in schools and various education
centers in Fort Collins during the third week of November.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Wade Troxell, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins do hereby
proclaim November 15 through November 21, 2015 as
GEOGRAPHY AWARENESS WEEK
in Fort Collins and urge all citizens to recognize and participate in this special observance.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 3rd day of November, A.D. 2015.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk