Trout Quilts by Mountainview Elementary School Students
Trout Unlimited's nationally-recognized science-based Trout in the Classroom engages
students in the program's mission to protect and restore the nation's water resources
while fostering a respect and love for the natural world. Students hatch trout eggs
and follow their development to fingerlings and stock these fingerlings in local
waterways.
The quilts on display are made from quilt squares designed by the 2022-2023 first
graders at Mountainview Elementary School.
WVU students in
Jennifer Ripley Stueckle’s
general
biology
classes assisted the elementary students in raising their own rainbow trout which
they released in May.
The quilts were assembled by generous community volunteers who not only donated
their expertise and time, but also provided materials.
The lifecycle of the rainbow trout serves as the theme for the quilts. The students
were given the freedom to focus on a specific point in the lifecycle or depict
the entire cycle in their squares.
Mountainview is one of 12 schools in North Central West Virginia which participated in
the Trout in the Classroom program during the 2022-2023 academic year.