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Healthy Sanitary Sewer Systems for Healthy Waterways 

At Harding Elementary School in El Cerrito and Lincoln Elementary School in Oakland, our KIDS for the BAY Environmentalists learned how to keep our sanitary sewer system more healthy and less polluted in a special wastewater lesson made possible by our partnerships with Stege Sanitary District and East Bay Municipal Utility District – Wastewater Division. By building scientific models and conducting scientific investigations, students learned how our wastewater is collected and treated, and gained a new understanding of the importance of wastewater pollution prevention to keep our sanitary sewer system healthy.

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Schoolwide Mural Project Inspires Watershed Connections 

KIDS for the BAY (KftB) interviewed Malcolm X Garden Teacher Rivka Mason and local muralist Prisilla Hine, who collaborated with all 500 Malcolm X Elementary students to create an interactive mural of Derby Creek, which runs underground through the campus, with the help of the KftB Blue Watershed Classrooms program. Rivka and Priscilla shared the delights and challenges of this project, the mural’s role in engaging students in watershed education at Malcolm X Elementary School, and how artistic expression is a vital tool for helping students connect with, and care about, their local environment.

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Coastal Cleanup Day Promotes Community and Collaboration

KIDS for the BAY volunteers including friends and family, staff, past and present, and our Summer Camp families, joined us at Point Pinole Regional Shoreline for the California Coastal Commission’s 41st Annual Coastal Cleanup Day, along with thousands of volunteers across the state. Together we collected over 40 gallons of trash, mostly harmful plastic pollution! 

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New Summer Camp Themes in 2025

KIDS for the BAY featured two new and exciting themes last summer! In Aquatic Science Week, campers had the opportunity to take a deep dive into creeks, ponds, lakes, and the San Francisco Bay. During Marine Science Week, campers were thrilled to explore the unique habitats of the Pacific Ocean. Our special Summer Camp themes helped our young scientists explore nature in a variety of interconnected habitats throughout the San Francisco Bay watershed.  

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From Bay to Coast: Richmond Students Build Coastal Connections

This school year, with the support of California Coastal Commission’s Whale Tail Grants Program, KIDS for the BAY (KftB) empowered hundreds of Richmond students and families to lead a lifetime of watershed and ocean stewardship. Our Environmentalists embarked on special field trips to bay and ocean beaches, where they learned about our ocean, what the ocean provides for people and wildlife, and the importance of caring for the marine ecosystems we all depend on. 

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Students Connect with Nature and Clean Up Trash Pollution at Martinez Marina 

“I think I saw a crab larva!” exclaimed Caue. On their special field trip to Martinez Marina, Watershed Rangers from Las Juntas Elementary School in Martinez eagerly studied water samples from the Carquinez Strait using scientific field microscopes to investigate the plankton living in this special bay-delta habitat. Las Juntas Elementary is one of the first schools to participate in KftB’s new Martinez Watershed Rangers Program, which provides third through fifth grade classes in Martinez with opportunities to learn about and care for the local watershed environment.

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Oakland Watershed Rangers Assess the Health of Lake Merritt

Watershed Rangers in Teacher Lily Gee’s class at Lincoln Elementary School in Oakland had the opportunity to walk from their school to Lake Merritt to learn more about this special, brackish water habitat. Volunteers from Rotary Nature Center Friends (RNCF) helped our young scientists test lake water quality and observe plankton using special scientific tools.

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