The University of Maryland Extension and Chesapeake Bay Trust are holding a media contest for Charles County high school students. Students can submit a one-to-two-minute video about proper ice-melting procedures that can minimize the harmful effects deicing materials have on the environment.
Ice-melting products, such as salt and other material, are applied to sidewalks, driveways and steps in the lead up to or after a snowfall or other weather event that could result in slippery walkways.
The over application of deicing materials can result in harmful levels of salts and nutrients entering storm sewers which eventually empty into the Chesapeake Bay. Deicing products can corrode metal, and damaging concrete and plants. For more information about safely melting ice, visit https://extension.umd.edu/resource/melting-ice-safely.
Videos are due by Wednesday, Nov. 15, and can be uploaded using a Google form to https://forms.gle/22kyg9LUBBnCyFgX8. Cash awards are given to the first-, second- and third-place winners.
About CCPS
Charles County Public Schools provides 27,598 students in grades prekindergarten through 12 with an academically challenging education. Located in Southern Maryland, Charles County Public Schools has 37 schools that offer a technologically advanced, progressive and high quality education that builds character, equips for leadership and prepares students for life, careers and higher education.
The Charles County public school system does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability in its programs, activities or employment practices. For inquiries, please contact Kathy Kiessling, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (students) or Nikial M. Majors, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (employees/ adults), at Charles County Public Schools, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building, P.O. Box 2770, La Plata, MD 20646; 301-932-6610/301-870-3814. For special accommodations call 301-934-7230 or TDD 1-800-735-2258 two weeks prior to the event.
CCPS provides nondiscriminatory equal access to school facilities in accordance with its Use of Facilities rules to designated youth groups (including, but not limited to, the Boy Scouts).