Manchester Valley High School
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For two school years, Manchester Valley has held Bags-2-Beds drives with the Roses of Saint John’s, which turns collected plastic bags into beds. We celebrated the school’s accomplishments by rewarding the class that brought in the most bags. Included in the powerpoint are all of the slides that were put on the morning announcements. This year, we hope to beat last years total of 3800 bags collected. Helping the environment and those less fortunate. What could be better?
Baltimore Sun December 2013 article Manchester Valley students partner with the Maryland Food Bank to create our own food bank at school. This food served local people in need. Approximately 50 students help with community effort each year.
Savanna Wright, a senior, attended the Back-to-School Climate Education Event at the White House in August 2016. There, she learned about climate change and how to prevent it from happening.
Community Partnerships
(Above) As part of his Eagle Scout project, Steven Priester, a senior at Manchester Valley built this information board. The board is used to communicate current environmental information about the stream health and forest ecosystem surrounding the Outdoor Classroom on the Manchester Valley campus.
(Below) Justin Bussard Earned his Eagle Scout by fundraising , designing and building a 700 gallon aquaponics system to sustainably raise fish and vegetables with limited water.
About 12 Manchester Valley students and staff helped build a sensory garden at one of our feeder schools, Manchester Elementary.
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Eagle Scout Projects are meant to support the Boy Scouts of America’s goal to guide the scouts towards service to their wider community
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Austin Shipley, a MVH Graduate and current member of the Coastal Conservatoin Association, served as a guest speaker. Austin not only talked about the CCA mission, but also highlighted some of the current projects and the effects they can have on Chesapeake Bay health. Austin also used his CCA experience to help set up a successful oyster experiment in Science Research. The CCA has also partnered with MVH Science Research to plan and run research to monitor the seeding of reef balls with oyster spat this spring.
Students in AP Environmental Science were given tours of the Town of Manchester's water supply pump house, and wastewater treatment plant. Mr Delbert Green and Mr Mark Leister (MVH grad) explained the importance of managing a water resource for the town, and how the water is handled after its use.
The CCPS Outdoor School, their principal Gina Felter and two of their teachers, Joe and Lauren Stevens have partnered with Manchester Valley students and staff to create the sensory garden, remove invasive species and improve landscaping.
Mr. Adam Frederick, the Assistant Director of Education at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology and also works with the Maryland Sea Grant and The University of Maryland Extension, partners closely with the CCPS Science Research program. He goes out of his way to provide access to cutting edge technologies and new concepts for student projects. He also provides access to professional development opportunities for our research teachers.