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Elementary students to mark
Earth Day
Students in
grades 3-5 will celebrate Earth Day on Tuesday with song,
discussion on what they can do to save the Earth, and awards for
the best Trash To Treasure sculptures.
The
celebration
will serve as a precursor of sorts for a Wednesday event in
which two elementary classes will join a group of high school students and
a representative of the Audubon Society in releasing
approximately 80 trout into a stream off state Route 396.
The Tuesday event will begin at 2 p.m. at A.W. Becker Elementary
School with an assembly., During the assembly, students will
sing an environmentally themed song - Agents of Change, as well
as a song, Save the Earth,
Additionally, students will perform a skit entitled Be
Responsible, lead a discussion on personal responsibility and
the environment and learn about how they can help save the
Earth.
Finally, the school's Environmental Club will hand out awards
for students who crated the best sculptures and art work using
items found in the trash. Dozens of students took part in the
month-long contest.
On Wednesday, students in two elementary school classes are scheduled to
travel with students in a University in High School science
class to a state Route 396 location near the convergence of the
Onesquethaw and Coeymans creeks in Bethlehem.
Once
there, they will - with the assistance of the Audubon Society -
release approximately 80 trout that have been raised by
students this year in classroom trout farms. That event is
expected to take place at approximately 1 p.m., teacher Krysia
Cording said.
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