Students from St. Joseph Catholic Academy in Brookfield have been raising trout in the classroom for the past several months. The students released the trout on Friday into Lake Lillinonah, on the north shore of the lake on the east side of Route 133.
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Sebastian Tseng, 16, looks over a trout before releasing it at the state boat launch on Lake Lillinonah in Bridgewater on Friday. Students and parents from St. Joseph Catholic Academy, Brookfield, headed to the lake to release trout that were raised in the classroom of fourth-grade science teacher Marde Dimon. The trout, raised from eggs donated by Trout Unlimited, are part of the Trout in the Classroom environmental education program. Tseng, a former St. Joseph student, accompanied his younger brother to the event.
Susan Varano and her daughter Victoria Bargellini, 10, look over a trout before releasing it at the state boat launch on Lake Lillinonah in Bridgewater on Friday. The trout raised from eggs from Trout Unlimited, are part of the Trout in the Classroom environmental education program.
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Students and parents from St. Joseph Catholic Academy, Brookfield, head to the state boat launch on Lake Lillinonah in Bridgewater on Friday to release trout that were raised in the classroom
Daniel Hanley, 9, releases a trout at the state boat launch on Lake Lillinonah.
A bucket of young trout raised in the fourth-grade classroom of science teacher Marde Dimon.