Shorecrest School

Clearing the Charger Channel

Source/Author: Kathryn Jeakle, MS Science Teacher
November 18, 2016
Middle School News


In support of the Blue Ocean Film Festival, a generation of Shorecrest current and former eighth grade marine science students worked in the field to improve our local ecosystem.
  • Students collected 7 pounds 7 ounces of trash from the area along the channel next to the native classroom and around the pond.
  • A group of 14 students planted 70 red mangroves along the channel on the Shorecrest side.
  • Some students helped remove Australian Pine along the north end of the football field. Australian pines are an invasive species. Their root systems are shallow so they are not good for maintaining soil in place. Their needles, when on the ground, release a toxin that makes it very challenging for any native species to grow. The power company cut down the section to the north end of the football field one year ago September, and our current eighth graders have been working to keep the area clean of the invasive plants.  In total they cleared an area of approximately 50 ft by 12 ft. Opening this area will give us access to plant more mangroves in the channel.
Great job Chargers!

(more photos here)


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