SPSSEG partners with elementary schools in Mason, Thurston, and Pierce counties to raise salmon in school classrooms!
We are only able to bring on new schools if SPSSEG or the school has secured grant funding. If you are interested in starting a Salmon in the Schools program either independently or with support from SPSSEG, please review the Build a Salmon in the Schools Program document in the padlet below. This document should have all of the information you need to start your own program or gauge what level of support from SPSSEG would help you be most successful. Most of the grants we as a non-profit are able to get are restricted to working with Title I schools. Grants are typically written 1-2 years out from when we would like to start a program at a school and there is no guarantee that we will be awarded funds. Other funds are available to teachers and noted in the padlet document.
In programs fully supported by grants secured by SPSSEG, we typically provide all tanks, supplies, fish egg coordination with WDFW, a salmon life cycle lesson, tank setup/cleanout and maintenance assistance, troubleshooting, and we coordinate and staff a fish release field trip.
Currently, SPSSEG supports the following schools with grant from OSPI:
- Chambers Prairie Elementary (North Thurston S.D.)
- Lydia Hawk Elementary (North Thurston S.D.)
- Pleasant Glade Elementary (North Thurston S.D.)
- L.P. Brown Elementary (Olympia S.D.)
- Garfield Elementary (Olympia S.D.)
- Bordeaux Elementary (Shelton S.D.)
- Evergreen Elementary (Shelton S.D.)
- Mountain View Elementary (Shelton S.D.)
SPSSEG currently supports the following schools with a grant from RCO’s Outdoor Learning Grant program:
- Seven Oaks Elementary (North Thurston S.D.)
- Lacey Elementary (North Thurston S.D.)
- Pioneer Elementary (Pioneer S. D.)
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