2019 Capisic Watershed Classroom Programs

We’re super excited for another great year of Greener Neighborhoods Cleaner Streams school programs! We’re partnering with educators at the Cumberland County Soil & Water Conservation District (CCSWCD) once again to bring clean water service learning programs to students at King Middle School, Longfellow Elementary School and Rowe Elementary School (formerly Hall School). This year the program has expanded to include Riverton Elementary! Check out the exciting projects we have planned for each school:

• King Middle School – Sixth grade students will take part in a Clean Water Stewards Service Learning Program. Students will receive classroom lessons, participate in field sampling at local streams, and implement a service project to help protect Portland’s waterways.

• Longfellow Elementary School – Fifth graders at Longfellow Elementary School will participate in the fifth year of the Youth YardScaping Program. Through the program, students will research healthy lawn care practices and their impact on our water resources, care for a section of the lawn in their school garden, and take a field trip to Capisic Pond Park. The program concludes at Longfellow’s annual science fair, where the students will present their research to the community.

• Rowe Elementary School – First and second grade students will participate in a Story Walk Program. The students will receive classroom lessons related to stormwater pollution, take a field trip to explore water quality, and use their new knowledge to create and illustrate a story which will be installed along a local waterway.

• Riverton Elementary School – Riverton is excited to be joining the Greener Neighborhoods Cleaner Streams program this year. Fourth graders at Riverton Elementary School will receive classroom lessons, participate in a Capisic Watershed exploratory field trip, and implement a service learning project on school grounds to help protect Portland's waterways.