Last visit with our trees before summer break!

We checked on our trees one last time before break. Each student chose a Swamp Red Maple and Baldcypress tree to measure, fertilize, weed and monitor. They will keep track of this information and then check on them again in the Fall!

Germination Time!

Our seedlings have sprouted! We went out and took a look at the new Swamp Red Maple and Bald Cypress seedlings in our can yard. We talked about the importance of having only one seedling per yellow cell, so that the seedling would have the most nutrients and the best chance of survival. Tomorrow we'll give them a bit of fertilizer for an extra boost!

The next generation!

The Class of 2015 finished planting their seeds today! The students planted over 3000 seeds this year! Please read the comments below to hear what the students hope to learn from the Coastal Roots program!

2008 Planting at Bayou Segnette

On Monday, November 10, the 7th grade planted over 200 Bald Cypress seedlings and 58 Swamp Red Maple at Bayou Segnette. The groud was hard, but the students did a great job!

Fall 2008 Update!

Our seedlings have survived the hot summer months of June, July and August. We had a minor mishap with our timer and had to reseed many of our yellow cells. Many thanks to Pam Brierre (our lower school science teacher) and her daughter Clare who helped us this summer! We have since replaced our timer and have weeded and sorted our seedlings. They are looking great! We'll be keeping an eye on them until our planting date on November 10.

Last year's seedligs are looking great!

Mrs. Brierre and I were at a planting this summer at Bayou Segnette with Coastal Roots. We saw our that Cypress trees that we planted last fall and they are looking great! Check them out!


Also - Some STM students are featured on the new Coastal Roots poster! Looking good girls!

Seed Planting 2008

Today, the 6th grade began our second year in the Coastal Roots program. We planted 3000 Bald Cypress and Red Swamp Maple that will be planted in the wetlands at Bayou Segnette next Fall! Please click on the comments to read more.