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| | Students Transplant 6,500 Oysters to Great Wicomico Reef |
 | | Since baby oysters called "spat" grow rapidly, typically doubling in size in seven months, students in each academic class are able to harvest a crop of "seed" oysters and transfer them to a suitable habitat in their natural environment. |
 | | SMS students attending the field trip were: Environmental Science - Laura Caton of Earleysville, Catherine Farland of Millwood, Alston Moore of Jacksonville, NC, and Jacky Sydnor of Tappahannock; Advanced Biology - Katie Farmer of Millers Tavern, Ginny Moncure of Tappahannock, Truc Pham of Washington, D.C., Cameron Sgroi of Tappahannock, and Carver Weakley of Montross. |
 | | The group was chaperoned by SMS environmental science teacher Milly Moncure of Tappahannock. |
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