CRC Brings EnviroScape to Dover School
Our River Steward in Vermont showed 5th grade students how watersheds work using the EnvironScape model, which is also available for other schools.
RiverGrams at RiverFest
Margaret and Carol, River of Words “Would you like to send a message to the river?” On the sultry Saturday of RiverFest,
Mill River Placemaking: 5th Graders Design a Greenway Park
“Imagine yourself sitting under an apple tree reading a book or listening to music.” Early this spring, masked 5th graders pitched their ideas for
Congratulations to Our Local Hero: River of Words 2021 Teacher of the Year
The national center for River of Words (at St. Mary's College of California) hosts an annual contest for K-12 students' written and visual arts. In
River Resources for Trying Times
Going with the Flow We're all adjusting to our "new normal" these days. Whether you've got kids at home or are looking for distractions
“Mill River”: Middle School Poetry Finalist
Trey Rivera, 2019 Poetry Finalist River of Words International Poetry and Arts Contest "Youth Art and Poetry Inspired by the Natural World" Diana Ajjan,
Environmental Entanglements: Natural and Not
By Diana Ajjan, Grade 7 English Teacher JFK Middle School, Northampton, MA Boys and girls lay outstretched on the dock in a row, like
Water Reflections: Place Based, Inquiry Based Learning
5th Grade, McMahon Elementary School, Holyoke, MA By Kristie McLaughlin, 5/6 Science Teacher Evaluating effectiveness of water filters Inquiry-based, place-based, problem-solving, and
A River of Words Flows from One Year to the Next
Bodies of Water…Real and Imagined It was an unseasonably hot May afternoon in Northampton, MA as nearly one hundred 7th grade JFK Middle School
Local artist animates Mill River history for young people
Mill River Flood. Mixed media artwork by Nancy Meagher. Local artist, educator and poet Nancy Meagher weaves together history, art, industry and