Trout in the Classroom
The Chapter presently has six TIC's that are operational. We have programs going in several area schools including Mountain Home, Cotter, Norfork and Yellville. There are two more teachers/classes that want to add Trout in the Classroom to their curriculm at the start of the next school year.
CHECK THE CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR SCHEDULED RELEASES. Volunteers are always needed to assist classes that will stay after the release to do a little fishing in Dry Run.
Chapter volunteers Sara Thorne, Joe Salisbury, Miriam Emerick and Tom Emerick worked with Norfork National Fish Hatchery Project Manager Jon Casey and Biologist Trey Anderson. They set up the TIC equipment, fill the aquariums with water and planted the Whitlock Vibert Boxes containing 100 rainbow trout eggs into the gravel of the aquariums. The equipment for all the classes gets set up at the beginning of each school year. Most schedule a field trip to release their fingerlings in the spring.
Special thanks to Jon and Trey for providing a trailer for equipment transport and for providing the healthy trout eggs and feed.
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TIC pictures
The above large photo shows Jon Casey and Trey Anderson of Norfork National Fish hatchery with Mt. Home 8th Grade teacher Stephanie DeMent and her TIC.
The slide show in order from left to right shows the following:
Image 1 - Mrs. DeMent and Hatchery staff Jon Casey and Trey Anderson with her 8th Grade Class TIC.
Image 2 - Yelville High School Science teacher Angela Criger with her TIC and Chapter Members Sara Thorne and Tom Emerick and NNFH Project Manager Jon Casey.
Image 3 - TIC table constructed by Rick Hasting's ASU Industrial Tech Welding Class with materials donated by E-Z Loader Trailers and NNFH Outreach Program.
Image 4 - Calico Rock High School Science teacher Melva Brannon with her TIC.
Image 5 - Karen Hopper talking at our Chapter Oct. 5 meeting about recruiting students from area High Schools to ASU Industrial Tech.
Image 6 - Sarah Bruzinski, ASU Industrial Tech Administrator thanking our Chapter for the table project and describing the school's programs and their funding.
Image 7 - Jon Casey, NNFH Project Manager, talking at our Chapter's Oct. 5th meeting about the Hatchery's involvement with the community through their Outreach Program.
Image 8 - Garry Potter of E-Z Loader Trailer at our Oct. 5th meeting. E-Z Loader provided steel at 1/2 cost for our TIC tables.