TOGA Partners with Hampton City Schools
Hampton Schools Oyster Planting, 4-15&16-2024
Betsy McAllister (HCS STEM Coordinator), Brian Ingram, Vic Spain and family (Judy, Garry, Hugh, and Dawn Fleming) put 16 spat growing kits containing ~500 spat each in the water. The HCS teachers and students will grow, clean, and study thes until Spring 2025, when they will plant them on a reef in the Hampton River).
TOGA has graciously donated a copy of the book "Awesome Chesapeake: A Kid's Guide to the Bay" for each elementary and middle school that raised oysters this year. I will be working with Library Services to get them inventoried and then out to your schools. Betsy McAllister, Hampton City Schools STEM Coordinator
TOGA Partners with Hampton City Schools
Hampton Schools Oyster Planting, 4-15&16-2024
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TOGA has graciously donated a copy of the book "Awesome Chesapeake: A Kid's Guide to the Bay" for each elementary and middle school that raised oysters this year. I will be working with Library Services to get them inventoried and then out to your schools. Betsy McAllister, Hampton City Schools STEM Coordinator
Hampton City Schools shared Governor's Environmental Excellence Award with team mates, May 3, 2023.
Video from Hampton from Hampton City Schools
Maritime Academy, April 2023.
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On Saturday, September 4, 2021, teachers met Vic Spain in the parking lot of Sandy Bottom Nature Park to pick up replacement equipment (which included 7 mesh bags and 5 tidal tumblers) and 4,000 spat, courtesy of very generous donations by TOGA. Teachers listened intently to Vic’s instructions and soaked up his tips garnered from years of experience. Teachers also received habitat cubes with spat on shell from CBF. By noon, all spat were safely settled in their new homes. ........
When we in Hampton City Schools counted our blessings this Thanksgiving, many of us included TOGA for its generosity that has made this valuable experience available to our teachers and students.
Read the whole article by Betsy McAllister, Hampton City School STEM Teacher Specialist
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Hampton Schools News and Announcements- Oyster Planting at Hampton River, June 8, 2022
