TOWSON, MD. – The Chesapeake Bay Trust has awarded General John Stricker Middle School a $5,000 grant to support an environmentally-focused field trip and stream clean-up this May.
The grant will reduce the price for 100 grade 6 students to attend NorthBay Adventure Camp in Cecil County, Md., from May 13 to 17. While at the camp, students will learn about ways to improve their environmental footprint and will participate in character-building adventure activities.
Upon returning from the trip, the students will put their new skills to use at a stream clean-up on school grounds.
“The interactive learning at NorthBay cannot be replicated in a classroom,” said Jason Adams, grade 6 team leader at General John Stricker Middle School. “The camp gives our students opportunities to challenge themselves and grow as people at a pivotal time in their young lives.”
The Chesapeake Bay Trust mini-grants offer K-12 schools up to $5,000 for environmental education. The grants fund meaningful watershed educational experiences and programs to advance environmental literacy in the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers and streams.
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