Coastweeks International Coastal Clean-up

For the third year in a row, the 6th grade at Pine Peace School has participated in the Coastweeks International Coastal Clean-up, inviting other classes to work along with them. This year, the 5th grade joined them for a day of work and fun! Like all of the other years, the group cleaned Haulover Beach facing the island of Tortola of the BVIs. Unlike other years, the group found less garbage. NPS Ranger Don Near, who has worked with us each year, hopes that this is a sign that the beach clean-ups are working. We hope so, too! 

After working at clean-up the beach all morning, we travel to Big Maho Beach for lunch and an afternoon of swimming.

Each year, Mr. Frett, James' father, has provided transportation to the group on his safari bus. It's a lot of fun to travel together as one large group!

Here are some pictures of the exciting day!

NPS Ranger Don helps 6th grade student Cassandra during the clean-up.

Teammates, Ganson and James, work together to catalog collected debris.

This group is working to collect and catalog debris on Haulover Beach on the East End of St. John.

Chaperone, Marie, looks over Sage's work cataloging the collected debris.

Mr. Micah and his group take a break from cleaning to pose for a picture together.

NPS Ranger Don answers questions from Mr. Micah, Joy, and Dore.

Mr. Newton, chaperone, looks on as Jesse catalogs the debris found by his group.

Mr. Newton's group is hard at work!

Ms. Deblyn, the 5th grade teacher, gets down and into her work collecting debris with her group.

NPS Ranger Don helps Ms. Deblyn and her group figure out where to catalog something.

Ranger Don shows a group some debris, and talks about where it might've come from.

Ranger Don works with Mr. Micah and Cassandra collecting trash.

Sage and Emily work together and enjoy the day.

Students search in the bushes for hidden debris.

The two classes work hard together throughout the morning collecting all kinds of debris!

Photos by Rachel Roberts


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