The
Musselman High School WET Club was awarded 24 flowering
trees through WV Project CommuniTree to plant at several
schools in Berkeley County, WV. The WET Club took charge of
all three tree planting groups: Musselman High School, Mill
Creek Intermediate School and Mountain Ridge Intermediate
School. Jane Barvir (GSCNC) and Heather Isherman (EPCD)
worked with 18 members of the Science Discovery Club
sponsored by the Girl Scouts at Mountain Ridge Intermediate
School. Five WET Club students led the student team at Mt.
Ridge. WET Club students also worked with the Mill Creek
group. There were four teachers, five parent volunteers,
and 50 Intermediate students at Mill Creek. Prior to the
March 28th planting, Mrs. Stevens and Mrs. Barvir had
several meetings with the principals and teachers.
Additionally, they had Ecodays (led by AP Environmental
Students and select WET Club students) at both Intermediate
Schools. The tree planting with the Communitree trees was a
culminating event at both schools. The weather on March
28th was a bright, blustery, spring day. The planting took
approximately five hours at each school. Funds from a
Cheasapeake Bay Grant were used to dig all of the holes for
the trees prior to the planting day; the holes were
completed the day before the planting. This is a first for
both of the
Intermediate
Schools. The principals at both schools were very pleased
with the results; the trees are located along the drives
into the schools, visible to parents and students every
day.
A note from the Project Leader, science
teacher Deb Stevens:
“By planting trees, the students are
coming full circle; they are no longer just learning about
ways to improve the local watershed, instead they are taking
action!”