Description:
This past spring, a team of students and teachers from our school received the 2014 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Environmental Sustainability Innovation Award. The team was selected from more than 2,300 submissions across the country, for their oyster restoration efforts in the Lynnhaven River. Starting in the fall of 2013, the team started growing 2,100 oysters to contribute to the restoration of the local oyster population in the river. To locate a place to transplant their oysters, they had to design, build and test remotely operated submersibles (underwater robotic vehicles). This is just one of the ways our students engage in meaningful, authentic, and rigorous work that motivates self-direction and inquiry.