Tumwater High School students ready to dissect their salmon, lead by Stephanie
Watershed Explorers trips with North Thurston Public School 5th graders have wrapped up with plenty of “ooh”s and “ahh”s along the way. Students made connections between their actions and the health of their watershed. They also considered the actions of their entire community and made suggestions for how individuals and community groups can protect their watershed, such as picking up after pets and planting trees. Thanks to our friends at City of Olympia Parks Department for hosting a trip with Lincoln Elementary students this month to help clear non-native ivy to make some of these suggestions a reality!
Although salmon spawning season is over, we’ve still been talking about salmon in classrooms. Several high school classes had the opportunity to dissect coho and chinook salmon! These were all jack salmon, or fish that returned to spawn too young. Students were brave and took care to observe all the systems inside a salmon that help it through its extraordinary life cycle.
South Sound GREEN is happy for all the memorable moments and learning opportunities provided this past year. In 2024 we broke our own personal best, hosting over 8,000 student interactions! These are spread across many programs from classroom to field. We rely on our partners, volunteers, and schools to make these programs possible. We’d like to say thank you to all of our community partners, volunteers, teachers, parent chaperones, and students who came out to our programs this year! We look forward to seeing familiar and new faces in 2025!
