Hoboken Schools Getting Fishy; 'Trout In Classroom' Will Teach Conservation

HOBOKEN, NJ — Things are about to get a little fishy in Hoboken’s public schools… and that’s a good thing.

The Hoboken Public Education Foundation (HPEF) recently announced that it will fund the NJ Trout in the Classroom (TIC) initiative, a science based program that will teach students across the district about the importance of coldwater conservation through a hands-on approach to learning.

“During the process of raising brook trout from eggs to fingerlings, Hoboken Public Schools students will study the importance of clean, cold water not only for the brook trout they are raising, but for all other living organisms,” the HPEF stated. “The program is interdisciplinary in nature and connects science, mathematics, language arts, and technology concepts, content and skills.”

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“Through the Department of Environmental Protection and its Division of Wildlife, the program will provide our students with a rural experience both in each respective school and through an opportunity to visit the Hatchery in rural Warren County,” the HPEF continued.

The initiative will see all Hoboken Public Schools receive full TIC kits, tanks, tank stands, hood lights and pumps, the group stated.

According to the New Jersey Trout in the Classroom website, the program reaches more than 40,000 students a year.

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