S.A.L.T.
(SHARKS AQUACULTURE LIFE TRAINING)
STUDENTS CELEBRATED
May 23, 2019
Five Cedar Key School students were celebrated by the community this past Wednesday, May 22, 2019, at 10:30 am in the school auditorium. Their accomplishment is the completion of a new aquaculture course, designed by Cedar Key experts in the field: Sue Colson, Leslie Sturmer, Rachel Weatherington, and others. The goal of the course is for students to gain certifications in the many areas critical to the industry. These areas included such topics as: cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, first aid, boating safety, water quality, safety in the workplace, and United Statas Coast Guard boating safety.
In addition to working through the certification necessities in the field and in the classroom, the five students passed an extensive examination administered by the Florida Aquaculture Certification Association.
The students are: Joey Stewart, Zander Stanley, Dillan Allen, Sam Parks, Trey Stanfield
Representatives, both speech making and listening in the audience, eager to congratulate the five “future clammers” included:
Florida Aquaculture Association’s Paula Sapp
Florida Department of Education’s Kathy Nobles
Cedar Key Vice Mayor Sue Colson
Cedar Key Aquaculture Association Advisor Leslie Sturmer
Cedar Key Aquaculture Association’s Rose Cantwell
Levy School Board Superintendent Jeff Edison
Levy School Board Member Chris Cowart
The five students received their Aquaculture Certificates and were awarded with “starter kits” consisting of a clam basket, a clam bag made by Island Bags, a copy of the Everlasting booklet that traces aquaculture in the community, and an additionally important gift: clam seeds donated by the following organizations:
AQUAGEMFARMS
BAYSHELLFISH CO
CLAMTASTIC SEAFOOD CO
EWAN LEIGHTON
SEAVENTURE CLAM CO
DOUG TELGEN
Their success is truly a community effort.
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