Chesapeake Stewards

In the spring of 2009, we began to implement the Chesapeake Stewards initiative at Arlington Echo. The purpose is to inform students and parent volunteers about how their actions affect the Chesapeake Bay and to motivate them to take Bay-friendly actions when they return home. Becoming a Chesapeake Steward is both easy, and rewarding! With educati...

Watershed Stewards Academy

The Watershed Stewards Academy  (WSA)  is an initiative of Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works and Arlington Echo Outdoor Education Center to train community leaders, called “Master Watershed Stewards”,  to reduce the  negative impacts of stormwater runoff in Anne Arundel  County.  Master Watershed Stewards   are leade...

Initiative & Confidence

Initiative and Confidence courses are the fastest growing and most popular activities being offered today. Field games and low elements are used with all ages of students and adults to install communication and team building.

Drownproofing

Grasses in Classes

In conjunction with Department of Natural Resources and Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Grasses in Classes Program, schools grow and propagate redhead underwater grass in the classroom.

Terrapin Connection

Terrapin Connection is a supplemental classroom program offered as part of AACPS/ Arlington Echo's Chesapeake Connections program, and is only available to AACPS/Chesapeake Connections participating classrooms.

American Eel Raise & Release

American eels are an important component of the Bay, both ecologically and economically. Eels are a significant source of food for fish, mammals, turtles, and birds.

Yellow Perch Raise & Release

Many of the county schools are involved in raising yellow perch from eggs which are collected in nearby rivers. The students take data, observe and make predictions as they raise the fish.

Native Habitat Gardens

Schoolyard or Community Restoration Project Restoration projects are conducted on the schoolyard or in the community.  These projects include wildlife habitat restoration, meadows, raingardens or community stormwater management projects with the Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works. 

Cheseapeake Connections

Chesapeake Connections is the Outdoor Education outreach program which connects classroom instruction with a series of relevant hands-on experiences that lead to environmental stewardship.

Camp Woodlands

Camp Woodlands, a 32 acre wooded waterfront site in Annapolis, is the early childhood outdoor education facility for Anne Arundel County Public Schools. Owned by the Girl Scout Council of Central Maryland, this rustic spot on Broad Creek, just off the South River, is the site for all of Arlington Echo's Pre-K through 2nd grade early childhood ...