Maine Students Get Water Message Straight From the Fish's Mouth

Maine associations invite Mr. and Mrs. Fish to teach elementary school students that healthy ocean life depends on clean water and good habits in the home.

Mar 16, 2016 | by Craig Mandli |

Public Education

Maine Students Get Water Message Straight From the Fish's Mouth — From left, Celeste Beaudet and Katy Grondin from the Auburn School Department pose with Matt Timberlake of the Maine Water Environment Association, Jeff Sandler (Mr. Fish), Deb Sandler (Mrs. Fish), and Peter Goodwin, the New England Water Environment Association state director.

Kids can read textbooks or write papers on the importance of clean water, but it’s tough to get the ideas to sink in. That is, unless they hear it straight from a fish’s mouth.The fish in this case are international marine and environmental educators Mr. and Mrs. Fish (Jeff and Deb Sandler) of South Portland, Maine. In April 2015, the Maine Water Environment Association and the New England Water Environment Association brought the couple to Fairview Elementary School in Auburn to perform a pair of one-hour-long marine education programs.Both focused on the delicate balance between life in the ocean and

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