Eels in the Classroom
Eels in the Classroom (EIC) is an experimental, small-scale environmental education opportunity provided by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission. Headed by fisheries biologist Aaron Henning, the program provides juvenile American eels to educators to raise in their classrooms and ultimately release back into the Susquehanna River. The EIC project partners with other natural resource agencies and the operators of Conowingo Dam who have been collectively working to bring eels back to their native waters. Students learn about the value and importance of migratory fish through the ecosystem functions they perform.
Participants
In 2018, the first EIC program included two participants: Lewisburg Area High School and the Bradford County Conservation District. Since then the program has grown by word of mouth to include the following participants:
| School District/Organization | Years |
|---|---|
| Abington Heights School District | 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Athens Area School District | 2023 |
| Bloomsburg Christian School | 2021, 2022 |
| Bradford County Conservation District | 2018, 2019 |
| Canton Area School District | 2023 |
| Conestoga Valley School District | 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Cumberland Valley Eagle View Middle School | 2022 |
| Danville High School | 2022 |
| Derry Township School District (Hershey High) | 2023 |
| East Juniata High School | 2022, 2023 |
| East Pennsboro High School | 2019, 2021 |
| Galeton Area School District | 2023 |
| Harrisburg Academy | 2022, 2023 |
| Hempfield School District | 2022, 2023 |
| Juniata County Conservation District | 2021 |
| Juniata County Elementary School | 2022, 2023 |
| Juniata County High School | 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Keystone Central School District | 2023 |
| Lampeter Strasburg High School | 2022 |
| Lewisburg Area High School | 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Loyalsock Township Senior High School | 2019 |
| Lycoming College | 2023 |
| Manheim Central-Doe Run Elementary | 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Manheim Central Middle School | 2021, 2022 |
| Mifflin County School District | 2022, 2023 |
| Millville High School | 2022 |
| Milton Area Senior High School | 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Milton Hershey High School | 2022 |
| North Central Secure Treatment Unit | 2022, 2023 |
| Northeast Bradford School District | 2022 |
| Northeastern York | 2023 |
| Palmyra Area School District | 2022, 2023 |
| Red Lion Area School District | 2022, 2023 |
| Sayre Area School District | 2023 |
| Southern Columbia Area School District | 2023 |
| Southern Tioga School District | 2023 |
| Tioga County Secondary Education Facility | 2023 |
| Troy Area School District | 2023 |
| Valley View School District | 2019 |
| Warwick High School | 2023 |
| Wellsboro Area School District | 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| West Shore School District-Cedar Cliff | 2023 |
| Wyalusing Area School District | 2023 |
| York County School of Technology | 2023 |
| York Suburban High School | 2022, 2023 |
Lewisburg High School
Abington Heights High School