Students Protecting Accabonac Harbor

by Anita Wright

Students from Project MOST, an after-school program at Springs School, took water protection into their own hands this past fall. Using an interactive stormwater model, Group for the East End educators helped students see how pollutants enter our waterways and pointed out the dangers of dumping chemicals and other hazardous materials into storm drains, many of which lead directly to Accabonac Harbor.

Guided by Group for the East End educators Jennifer Skilbred and Anita Wright, students then participated in a storm-drain stenciling project within walking distance of their school. Six storm drains were marked with the message “NO DUMPING, DRAINS TO BAY,” reminding people not to throw toxic materials into the drain.