These four Marshalltown High School students attended the Student Environmental Conference in Dubuque on September 22 and 23. Pictured are, from left, Monica Carroll, Ana Nolasco, Emily Sickles and Hannah Gardea.
Four students from Marshalltown High School attended the Student Environmental Conference held at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque on September 22 and 23.
The students who attended were Monica Carroll, Ana Nolasco, Emily Sickles and Hannah Gardea.
Activities at the conference included: learning about the Mississippi River Watershed from federal and state employees who work to protect it, netting fish from boats on the river, taking part in a study to protect the endangered Higgins Eye Mussel, participating in water quality testing, and sharing ideas with other students at the conference on how they might work in their areas to protect the Mississippi Watershed.
These four students are members of the MHS Envirothon team sponsored by the Extended Learning Program at MHS, which is led by teacher Susan Fritzell.
