On Thursday, February 23th at the request of RCTB member Charlie Brandt, Congressman Jon Runyan toured MATES High School in Manahawkin. After the tour he addressed the students and took questions from those in attendance . For more on this story chick on the links below.
Asbury Park Press article
http://www.app.com/article/20120223/NJNEWS/302230070/Students-question-congressman-variety-issues
Patch article
http://manchester-nj.patch.com/articles/runyan-tours-m-a-t-e-s-school
Students from five different schools will be involved in our “Shellfish in the Classroom” program this school year. Three elementary schools, one middle school and one high school will take part in the program. The schools are Lanoka Harbor Elementary School, grade 3 with teacher RCTB member Ms. Darlene Price, Ambassador Christian Academy in Toms River, grade 6 with teacher Ms. Diane Andryshak, Mid-streams Elementary School in Brick grade 5 with teacher Ms. Tina Lucchetti, Pinelands Regional Junior High School in Little Egg Harbor with RCTB members Ms. Charlene Lentini and Ms Melinda Most and West Windsor - Plainsboro High School North with Ms Kristina Nicosia. The schools will given two small tanks and 20 – 30 live eight month old oysters. They will be responsible for the care and feeding of the animals and they will return the oysters to us at the end of the school year. We will then put them in our upweller for the rest of the summer to continue their grow out before they head to the reef.
The regular monthly meeting of RCTB was held in the education room at the Jenkinsen's Aquarium in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey on Tuesday February 21st. Staff member Ms. Jenifer Zebrowski gave a brief history of the aquarium and detailed its mission of education and outreach for environmental stewardship. Jenifer and fellow staff member Ms. Meaghan Riccie than led small group tours of the aquarium high lighting the behind the scenes working and explaining the daily routine involved in the maintenance of a healthy habitat for all the animals living there. Their love of the animals and enthusiasm for their work was quite evident as they proudly showed us all the exhibits.
