Forsyth Fifth Graders
ForsythSchool (St. Louis, MO) Grade 5 students wrapped up their interdisciplinary unit on water with a service-learning project to support the installation of new girls’ latrine and handwashing facilities at Ttama C/U Primary School in Uganda through @h2oforlife.
In advance of their fundraiser, the students learned about clean water access and usage at home and around the world in Sustainability classes with Mrs. Susan Zareh, Innovation & Design classes with Mrs. Melissa Leuthardt, and even Language Arts classes with Mr. Ryan Howard. #UniquelyForsyth
In Innovation & Design, the students learned how to decrease water’s turbidity to create flocculation, similar to what water treatment facilities do, before engineering their own water filtration systems! They also learned about the P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program and demonstrated how the P&G Purifier of Water packet transforms 10 liters of contaminated water into safe drinking water in just 30 minutes!
A campus-wide collection, organized and facilitated by Mrs. Susan Zareh and the students on Friday, April 18, raised $1,500 to support the selected H2O for Life project in Uganda. Thank you to everyone who donated, and congratulations to our Grade 5 students!
