Montgomery County Water Festival – Facts

• Festival offered to all fourth grade students in Montgomery County

• First Festival held in 2001

  • 720 students attended

  • 12 schools participated

  • One day Festival with two sessions

• Festival has continued since its inception in Montgomery

  • Over 20,000 students have attended

  • Over 50 schools have participated

  • Festival now held on two consecutive days

• Activities presented at past Festivals include:

  • Edible Aquifer

  • Water Cycle Bracelet

  • Mini-Filtration

  • Wetlands Metaphor

  • Rainsticks

• Educational Entertainment provided by:

  • Steve Trash

  • Fishin’ Magicians

  • Jack Golden

  • Paul Cash

• Over 100 volunteers participate each day during Festival including local organizations and businesses, public and private high school students, and senior adults.
  
  Quotes from past participants:

“The Water Festival was the best field trip I have been on in thirty years of teaching.” Teacher Hooper Academy
“Every 4th grader should have the opportunity to experience learning like this.”
Festival 2002 Volunteer
“Thank you for teaching me how to keep the water clean and most of all thank you for letting us have a good time while we learned.”
Fourth grade student
“The entire Festival was well organized and presented in such a way that made learning about water fun and exciting.”
Teacher Dannelly Elementary
“I saw children come ALIVE with EXCITEMENT! Thank you for providing such a great science related educational experience for our children. ”
Festival 2002 Volunteer