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Eighth Grade Bay Trip Spirit Continues
On October 6, eighth graders spent the day building upon what they learned on their Chesapeake Bay trip the week before. Through presentations and hands-on activities students explored how water is used at McDonogh, how waste treatment facilities function, how storm water is handled on campus, and how the use of water affects the Chesapeake watershed. They also learned about similar concerns around the globe.
To kick off the day, everyone gathered in the Ceres M. Horn Theatre to hear English teachers Cathy Schorreck and Jon Aaron read Shel Silverstein’s classic, The Giving Tree. From the theatre, half the grade heard about water use on campus from Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds Steve Simmers, while the other students listened to representatives from McDonogh’s landscaping company, Brickman, explain how nutrients are managed in plantings around campus.
After analyzing how much waste was generated during lunch, students participated in activities designed to heighten awareness of the issues plaguing the Chesapeake. A few of their favorites included:
- creating posters that call attention to issues such as deforestation and nutrient runoff
- building birdhouses and butterfly houses for areas outside Finney Building
- constructing an area for planting behind Finney Building
- creating stencils proclaiming, “The Bay Starts Here” to raise awareness of how our use of water has a trickle-down affect on the bay.
At the end of the day students were reminded of the familiar statement, “Think locally; act globally” when Tim Gregory from The Kenya Connection told them how they could bring fresh water to drought-stricken Kenya. Last year, the eighth grade responded to Mr. Gregory’s presentation by coordinating a benefit concert featuring student and faculty musicians that raised $1,600 to build a well for the Mutyangoi School in Kenya. What is now known as the “Well, Well, Well” concert will take place again this year on December 1 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in Lamborn Hall, and the eighth grade fully intends to use the spirit of the bay trip to dig another well!
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On October 6, eighth graders spent the day building upon what they learned on their Chesapeake Bay trip the week before. Through presentations and hands-on activities students explored how water is used at McDonogh, how waste treatment facilities function, how storm water is handled on campus, and how the use of water affects the Chesapeake watershed. They also learned about similar concerns around the globe.
To kick off the day, everyone gathered in the Ceres M. Horn Theatre to hear English teachers Cathy Schorreck and Jon Aaron read Shel Silverstein’s classic, The Giving Tree. From the theatre, half the grade heard about water use on campus from Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds Steve Simmers, while the other students listened to representatives from McDonogh’s landscaping company, Brickman, explain how nutrients are managed in plantings around campus.
After analyzing how much waste was generated during lunch, students participated in activities designed to heighten awareness of the issues plaguing the Chesapeake. A few of their favorites included:- creating posters that call attention to issues such as deforestation and nutrient runoff
- building birdhouses and butterfly houses for areas outside Finney Building
- constructing an area for planting behind Finney Building
- creating stencils proclaiming, “The Bay Starts Here” to raise awareness of how our use of water has a trickle-down affect on the bay.
At the end of the day students were reminded of the familiar statement, “Think locally; act globally” when Tim Gregory from The Kenya Connection told them how they could bring fresh water to drought-stricken Kenya. Last year, the eighth grade responded to Mr. Gregory’s presentation by coordinating a benefit concert featuring student and faculty musicians that raised $1,600 to build a well for the Mutyangoi School in Kenya. What is now known as the “Well, Well, Well” concert will take place again this year on December 1 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in Lamborn Hall, and the eighth grade fully intends to use the spirit of the bay trip to dig another well!