While most APS students were sleeping in, soaking up the sun and
riding the wave that is summer vacation, a group of four
students from Fletcher Intermediate Science and Technology
School spent more than 600 hours conducting research about the
flooding dangers that exist in the school’s neighborhood. These
four students, also known as the “Creek Corps,” formed an
advanced math group to explore the school’s neighborhood and
watershed. Thanks to Fletcher’s Summer of Service partnership
with Earth Force, the Westerly Creek flood research project was
born, allowing students to create and implement an education
campaign about flood dangers and risk factors. When it was all
said and done, students produced a brochure, called “Awareness
of Westerly Creek Flooding,” and distributed it to about 100
people at the June 23 dedication of New Freedom Park, which is
bisected by the creek. The Westerly Creek flood research project
was made possible in part from a recent $32,400 Walmart
Foundation grant for summer learning pr