As a community-based nonprofit organization, MCRP collaborates with local businesses in the watershed and other partners to sponsor an environmental education program in 12 school districts in the Mill Creek watershed. The interdisciplinary program incorporates history, social studies, mathematics, geology, telecommunications, biology, chemistry, earth sciences, and language arts. MCRP’s innovative approach to environmental education emphasizes both analytical and creative thinking and uses an action research model (data collection, problem-solving and action-taking) to collect and use information. Students are encouraged to take responsibility for their own learning and to help educate others about environmental issues. Emphasis focuses on developing both a conservation ethic and individual responsibility to protect and improve the local and global environment.
To date, MCRP has worked with over 12,000 students, recruited and trained over 350 teachers and community volunteers and trained over 50 local watershed residents in our on-the-job training program. These teachers, volunteers and trainees contribute their invaluable time, energy and knowledge to students throughout the school year and make our school program possible.
MCRP School Program Facts
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Teachers
Students
Volunteers
On-the-Job Trainees
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Mill Creek Restoration Project Wins the 2005 LaMotte Water Quality Monitoring Photo Contest with the photo below - Thanks to Woodward Career & Technical High School for Monitoring at Cooper Creek!
Special thanks to Cincinnati Public Schools Superintendent Mary Ronan, and to the following participating schools, teachers, volunteers, donors and partners in the current 2009-2010 school year:
| Schools |
Participating Teachers |
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| Academy of World Languages |
George Bens |
| Arlington Heights Academy |
Stacea McKeever |
| Clark Montessori |
Stacy Huxell |
| Home School Group |
Laura Riesenberg |
| Mt. Notre Dame Academy |
Jennifer Glass & Julie Wolters |
| Norwood High School |
Leslie Hadaway |
| Norwood Middle School |
Paige Jarrell & Melissa Burns |
| Pleasant Ridge Montessori |
Treva Pryor & Cindy Kuethe |
| Quebec Heights |
Beverly Prior-Young |
| Riverview East Academy |
Monique Screws |
| Saints Peter and Paul Academy |
Marta Farrell |
| St. Xavier High School |
Heather Nardini |
| Walnut Hills High School |
Bill Schnure, Judy Callahan & Rajni Harsh |
| Winton Montessori |
Judy Ganance & Penny Greenler |
| Withrow University High School |
Jody McOsker |
2009-2010 Mill Creek Green Schools Participating Volunteers
and Their Professional Affiliations
Craig Abercrombie, Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District
Dave Allen, GreenBird
Denise Bien, Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services (HCDES)
Adam Blundell, HCDES
Christina Boss, HCDES
Dave Boutelle, Cincinnati Park Board and Mill Creek Restoration Project (MCRP)
Diana Boyd, Keystone Flora
Jeff Burgess, Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati (MSD)
Olivia Canada, Cincinnati Park Board
Mary Ida Compton, MCRP
Maureen Condon, MSD
Bob Drexelius, GE Aircraft Engines
Ken Edgell, HCDES
Chad Edwards, Emersion Design
Eileen Freschette, Keystone Flora
Jeff Gati, GE Aircraft Engines
Human Nature
Steve Jones, GreenBird
Tommie Rufe, HAPPEN, Inc.
Catherine Hartman, MCRP
Chris Harrison, HCDES
Beverly Head, MCRP
Bret Henninger, Hamilton County Park District
Steve Johns, Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District
Amy Kesterman, HCDES
Marvin’s Organic Gardens
Bob Mason, Hamilton County Park District
Master Gardners of Ohio State University Extension Service
Sharon Maiman, MCRP
Dawn Mays, HCDES
Brad Miller, HCDES
Troy Ochs, GE Aircraft Engines
Nate Stroup, HCDES
Diane Warrington, MSD
Lynn White, Butler County Soil and Water Conservation District
Shawn Wiley, HCDES
2009-2010 Mill Creek Educational Program Major Donors and Partners
Butler County Department of Environmental Services
Butler Soil and Water Conservation District
Cognis Corporation
Compton Foundation
Cincinnati Park Board
Cincinnati Recreation Commission
City of Cincinnati
Charles H. Dater Foundation
GO Cincinnati
Hamilton County Park District
Human Nature
Andrew Jergens Foundation of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Keystone Flora
Marvin’s Organic Gardens
Master Gardeners, Ohio State University Extension Service
Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati
Mill Creek Restoration Project Donors
Ohio Environmental Education Fund
Pheasants Forever, Inc.
U.S. EPA Environmental Education Grant
Village of Lincoln Heights
