CSCR has collaborated with Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary to create a STREAM to Sanctuary Certificate of Watershed Stewardship. The Certificate is a capstone achievement for high school students who have conducted two or more seasons of school-community-research.
“STREAM” communicates the importance of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math; plus “R” for the arts, humanities, and literature). But STREAMs are also an important part of our watersheds, for the water that courses through our rivers, brooks, and streams finds its way to our coasts– and out to the Sanctuary. Earning a “STREAM to Sanctuary” certificate, therefore, implies that students understand the connection between the fresh water systems that quench our thirst and the open ocean that sustains life on the planet.
Click here to see the Story Map (template) requirement.
Some of the 2025 recipients of this prestigious recognition are pictured below. They are members of the class of 2026 and represent Archbishop Williams, Cohasset, Hingham, and Scituate High Schools.
Our 2024 cohort (below) members of the class of 2025 from Scituate, Hingham, and Cohasset High Schools.
Below, typical research experiences for STREAM to Sanctuary awardees.
Above and below, our 2023 cohort, class of ’24 from Cohasset, Hingham, and Archbishop Williams high schools.
Below, our 2022 cohort, class of ’23
Above: Ben Haskell, Deputy Supt of SBNMS (left), poses with “Stream to Sanctuary” Watershed Stewards, CSCR class of 2022. Anne Smrcina, SBNMS Education and Outreach Coordinator, facilitates collaboration with CSCR and makes it possible for students to earn this prestigious recognition. Below: Students responding to probing questions from Ben Haskell.
2019 Cohort below (class of 2020, Cohasset High School).
Above: Photo by Jack Buckley, expedition aboard R/V Auk