Miquon Students Take First In Schuylkill Video Contest

Three Miquon School students were recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency for taking first-place in the Schuylkill Stories video contest in May.

The contest, sponsored by the Schuylkill Action Network, called for videos with the theme of “This is My Watershed” and could include clips of “people enjoying the Schuylkill Rive, as well as the many waterways flowing into it,” according to the group’s website.

Miquon students won first place in both the third- and fourth-grade and fifth-and sixth-grade divisions of the contest.

"Education plays an enormous part in protecting and restoring the Schuylkill Watershed," said EPA Deputy Regional Administrator William C. Early in a release. “"Schools in the Watershed are not only educating students about pollution sources and environmental protection, they are leading by example." 

According to a statement from Arabella Pope and Miquion School, student vides were created after studying watersheds and “investigating factors that affect the heath of a watershed.”

“The videos were scripted and shot around the school to show the interdependence of watershed life and why it’s important to protect out watersheds,” she said in the release.”

The winning videos can be viewed at the school’s Youtube.com page.