Phillip A. Sharpe Middle School, Pendleton Co. and Poage Elementary, Boyd Co.

Many thanks to all the teachers and mentors who helped the students raise trout fingerlings from eggs last fall. Yesterday, 27-May-2010, Phillip A. Sharp Middle School in Pendleton County released their trout fingerlings into Raven Creek in Harrison County. Mr. Brian Radcliffe gave the students a streamside lesson on aquatic microinvertebrate study to measure the water quality before the trout were released. The stream scored between 22 and 24 with very good bio-diversity.

On Wednesday, 26-May-2010, Poage Elementary's 27 students at the Grayson Lake tail waters released their trout fingerlings. While raising their trout in the classroom, the aquarium was their laboratory. At streamside, the stream itself became their laboratory and Mr. Brian Radcliffe, UK's Tracy Farmer Center for the Environment, gave a chemistry lesson on how to measure a stream for temperature, pH and oxygen content before the trout fingerlings were released. The event was covered by Mr. Mike James of The Independent of Ashland, KY in his article "Learning to let go". Students were filmed by Mr. John Flavell of The Independent.

http://dailyindependent.com/local/x712222851/Learning-to-let-go