PVSC, BLOOMFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL MARK WORLD WATER DAY AT OUTDOOR CLASSROOM

Students Recognize Importance of Water Quality through Experiments and Clean Up Activities

BLOOMFIELD, NJ - The Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission is partnering with Bloomfield Middle School students, teachers and staff to mark World Water Day* at the school’s award-winning Outdoor Classroom located near Clark’s Pond.  PVSC first constructed the Outdoor Classroom in 2012 to provide Bloomfield students with more hands-on opportunities to interact with nature and study the environment.  The Outdoor Classroom – the first of its kind in New Jersey- is the collaboration between PVSC’s River Restoration Program and Bloomfield Public Schools.  PVSC constructed the classroom from existing materials to achieve an actual teaching station, in a natural, bucolic setting.

            WHO:             Students and Staff from the Bloomfield Middle School

                                    PVSC Executive Director Michael DeFrancisci

                        PVSC River Restoration and Educational Outreach Staff

                        AmeriCorps/NJ Watershed Ambassador - WMA 4 – Lower Passaic & Saddle River

                        Friends of Clark’s Pond

WHAT:           Brief Program & Lesson at the School’s Outdoor Classroom

                        *PVSC staff will conduct a brief water sampling demonstration, and then students will break into groups to do their own tests.  Students will also be doing a shoreline cleanup along Clark’s Pond.

            WHEN:           Friday, March 21, 2014

10:30 a.m. to 12 noon

WHERE:        Bloomfield Middle School (Outdoor Classroom located behind/to the left of the ball fields)

60 Huck Road, Bloomfield, NJ 07003

In the event of inclement weather, World Water Day will be held in the Media Center

BACKGROUND:       International World Water Day is held every year on March 22 to focus global attention on the importance of water and the sustainable management of water resources. For 2014, World Water Day will be held on Friday, March 21.

 Contact: Hgilroy@pvsc.nj.gov