This year we supported 25 educators coordinating on 14 Watershed Classroom projects that spanned 13 schools. This was also the first year the program covered all 12 grade levels. Between these projects, our David Yearsley River Heritage Center field trips, and loans from our materials library, we were able to serve an estimated 1300 local students!
Read MoreOur second annual Watershed Classroom Student Showcase was last Thursday, May 18. Student representatives from 10 of our 14 projects presented using PowerPoint and homemade videos, informing and inspiring attendees with their depth of knowledge and environmental literacy.
Read MoreBeth Flynn and Deanna Peake's students at River Montessori Charter School made a big splash at this year's Butter and Egg Days Parade with their giant steelhead trout! After a semester exploring the question "How can we teach the people of Petaluma that the watershed requires all its living and nonliving aspects to be healthy?", students used what they had learned about our river and watershed to create their steelhead art piece along with signs and costumes for the parade.
Read MoreIf you walk the length of our home base at Steamer Landing, you can see the beginnings of a transformation. As part of a rewilding of the park, students of Jessica Dennen and Shiloh Winder’s Carpe Diem and Sonoma Mountain High School classes have been working with our Stewardship Coordinator Lee Farese to plant and tend to native California species.
Read MoreWatershed Classroom supports the implementation of exceptionally engaging curriculum about the Petaluma River and Watershed to educate youth in Petaluma about their place in our environment, how their decisions and actions affect their environment and inspire youth to conserve and celebrate the Petaluma Watershed.
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