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Washington Middle School Grade 7
(Calumet - Laurium-Keweenaw Schools)

Events

Adopt -a-Beach Field Trip
Washington Middle School 6th grade
10:30-1:30, May 18
Calumet Township Park & Beach

Family/Community Day ~ Washington Middle School 7th grade
Calumet Township Waterworks Park Pavilion.
Noon- 1:45 pm, Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Reception for families, community partners, school board and public. Students will lead visitors through the CLK school forest trails and beach areas as interpreters to show projects undertaken during the year. Beach signage, trail brochures, and project displays to be exhibited.
 

Annual Adopt-a-Beach and Invasive species removal at Calumet Township Park.
Friday, Sept. 14,. 9:15am -2:15pm     
Students will conduct a knapweed survey, removal knapweed, and prepare test plots for native seed reintroduction.

 

Project Description
116 Students / 6 Teachers

Integrate Lake Superior stewardship across the curriculum, expand current Adopt-A-Beach and school forest programs.

Teachers
(lead teacher in bold)

  • Darrell Hendrickson
  • John Larson
  • Kristin Svoke
  • Michelle Bosscher
  • Jennifer Engman
  • Margery Gronlund

Community Partners

  • Alliance for Great Lakes
  • BHK Great Explorations
  • Calumet Township - Paul Lehto
  • Keweenaw Historical National Park

Project Photos

Washington Middle School completes fall native planting project at Calumet Township Park

     
 
6th grade students planting in plot #1    6th grade students planting in plot #2 
     
 
7th grade students collecting and counting trash    7th grade students removing spotted knapweed in test plots 
     
   
Plot areas 
 
 
Washington Middle School Community Open House Day 2012
     
 
     
     
 
     
     
 
     
     
 
   
     
Other Photos:    
     
 
Beach cleanup sort trash   Calumet Waterworks beach cleanup.
     
 
CleanUp posters   New Awareness Signs along Beach
     
 
Picking up trash   WMS Students Sort Trash
     
     
     
 
 

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