KTLA 5

During the Compton Creek event on August 24, 2010 with the 2nd Creek Education Program students, KTLA Channel 5 came to the creek to film and gather information about the stream team project. The channel planned on showing an hour long show focusing on Heal the Bay before the Coastal Cleanup Day on September 25, 2010.

The Heal the Bay KTLA Channel 5 event took place on September 18, 2010 8:00 - 9:00 PM and on September 19, 2010 2:00-3:00PM. Here is a video clip of the showing.

2nd CEP PAVA College Seminar Presentation

On Saturday, August 28, 2010, the Pacific American Volunteer Association hosted a college seminar for PAVA Jr. high school seniors and parents. As an opening presentation, the 2nd Creek Education Program members were invited to give short speeches regarding their experience at Malibu Creek and Compton Creek. 11 of the 18 members spoke in front of the audience and allowed the other students from PAVA Jr. to learn more about the environment and spread the word.

You may the photos of each presenter at the seminar at the PAVA Seminar Photo page, and here is some video footage of the 11 presentations.

Los Angeles City Council Presentation

After another meeting on July 3, 2010 to prepare for the second presentation at Los Angeles City Council Hall, the four students (Angela Oh, Hayoon Chung, Jane Kim, and Brian Jung) again presented their experience on Tuesday, July 6, 2010.

The presentation was a type of open public forum available to the community. Most of the Los Angeles councilmembers were present including president Eric Garcetti, council-member Tom LaBonge, and council-member Ed Reyes.

Here is the video clip of their presentation.

Thanks

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the Heal the Bay staff for showing us a new perspective on environmental conservation and giving us the opportunity to work with the Stream Team/ Creek Education Program. Special thanks go to Tiger Kang, the president of the Pacific American Volunteer Association, for allowing us to work with other non-profit organizations such as Heal the Bay and to the education coordinator of the creek education program from Heal the Bay, Edward Murphy, for guiding us in the right direction. 

2nd Htb PAVA Creek Education Program

After the first Heal the Bay PAVA Stream Team Project, 18 new high school students participated in the second round of the creek education program. The students in this round came from many different districts among the PAVA Jr. organization including Irvine, Los Angeles, Valencia, and Apple Valley.

Unlike the previous round, the Heal the Bay organization hosted a type of orientation for the students to preview the scientific materials they will be working with at the creeks the following week.

The orientation took place at the Heal the Bay headquarters in Santa Monica on Saturday, August 20, 2010. The staff members also taught the students more about ocean conservation and information about the Riparian zones and storm drain systems around the coast of Los Angeles. The students again went to Compton Creek and Malibu Creek State Park.

Training Research Date and Location

·      Orientation – August 20, 2010 3:00 – 4:30 PM

·      Compton Creek – August 24, 2010 9:00 – 12:30 PM

·      Malibu Creek State Park – August 25, 2010 9:00 – 1:30 PM

Also, this time, there was specified instructor and coordinator from Heal the Bay named Edward Murphy. He helped the students through this second creek education program by teaching the students about the water chemistry tests and the rest of the creek.

2nd CEP members at Compton Creek

2nd CEP members at Malibu Creek

The members of the second creek education program included:

 James Yun (Loomis Chaffee School 12), Minsang Kim (Mission Viejo HS 12), Jeesang Kim (Mission Viejo HS 11), Stacy Jung (L.A.C.E.S 11), Lynn Whang (Palisades HS 12), Lucy Kim (Palisades HS 12), Stella Kim (Palisades HS 11), Benjamin Kim (Arcadia HS 9), Moses Chun (Sunny Hills HS 11), Joshua Chun (Sunny Hills HS 10), Gina Kim (John Marshall HS 12), Wayne Kim (John Marshall HS 10), Ha-Rry Kim (C.A.V.A 11), Junhyun Kyoung (West Ranch HS 12), Daniel Han (Arcadia HS 11), Hyunjoon Kang ( South Torrance HS 11), Edward Chang (Loyola HS 11), and Daniel Kim ( Harvard Westlake 12). 

Angela Oh (North Hollywood HS 12) is the PAVA Jr. representative who led, assisted, and guided these 18 lucky high school students throughout the Second Creek Education Program.

2010 1st HtB PAVA Stream Team Project Presentation 1

The first presentation for the four of the members of the 1st Heal the Bay PAVA Stream Team Project was at the PAVA 2010 Installation/Fundraising Ceremony on May 28, 2010 at Wilshire Grand Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles.

The presenters, Angela Oh ( North Hollywood HS 12), Jane Kim ( L.A.C.E.S. 11), Hayoon Chung ( L.A.C.E.S 11), and Brian Jung ( Harvard Westlake 10) rehearsed and practiced with instructor Hanna Oh.This presentation also prepared these members for upcoming presentations.

Here is a group photo of the 1st Heal the Bay PAVA Stream Team members at the PAVA Fundraising Event.

1st HtB PAVA Stream Team Project continued

After this two-day project, a total of four members, Angela Oh, Hayoon Chung, Jane Kim, and Brian Jung met to develop and organize the water chemistry research from both of the creeks.

 On April 2, 2010, they met at the PAVA headquarters in Los Angeles and created a multimedia/ written packet explaining the stream team project and its data. With the help of instructor Hanna Oh, they also decided on the positions of each of the members and spoke about giving a formal presentation held on Friday May 28th 2010.

On May 22, 2010, they met once again at PAVA headquarters to prepare for their short speeches and presentations that they were planning on presenting at the PAVA 2010 Installation/Fundraising ceremony at Wilshire Grand Hotel on May 28, 2010 at 5:00 PM.

2010 1st HtB PAVA Stream Team Project

For the 1st Heal the Bay PAVA Stream Team Project, 17 lucky high school students from PAVA Jr. participated in the two-day experience at Malibu Creek State Park and Compton Creek.

Training Research Date and location

·      Malibu Creek State Park - March 29 2010 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

·      Compton Creek - March 31, 2010 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

At both of these locations, we conducted water chemistry testings and saw the many similarities and differences between Malibu Creek and Compton Creek, both scientifically and visually. 

1st 2010 HtB Stream Team Project Members

The members included

President: Angela Oh (North Hollywood HS 12)

Co Vice- Presidents: Jane Kim (L.A.C.E.S. 11) and Hayoon Chung (L.A.C.E.S 11)

Historian : Brian Jun ( Harvard Westlake 10)

Other members : Shane Kim ( North Hollywood HS), Gina Kang ( Van Nuys HS 12), Jane Tak ( Campbell Hall HS 11), Justine Kim (Van Nuys HS 10), Alexander Lee ( Cleveland HS), Kate Lee (Cleveland HS 10), Hannah Yook ( North Hollywood HS 10), Solomon Kim ( North Hollywood HS 10), Yunjo Chung (North Hollywood HS 10), Janice Uhm ( North Hollywood HS 10), Minjae Kim      

( North Hollywood HS 10), Eunice Tak ( Campbell Hall 9), Andrew Oh ( Walter Reed, Jr. Representative ).

Instructor: Hanna Oh

                  

2010 HtB PAVA Creek Education Program

The 2010 Heal the Bay PAVA Creek Education Program, also known as the Stream Team Project, gathered young high school students who interested in benefiting the health of the Los Angeles community by directly testing the water quality at neighborhood creeks including Malibu Creek and Compton Creek.

Heal the Bay is an environmental advocacy non-profit organization, dedicated to protecting California's Santa Monica Bay.

For more information, go to healthebay.org

Pacific American Volunteer Association (PAVA) is a non-profit volunteer organization with a mission to educate young students by offering volunteer opportunities such as street cleanups to create strong relationships with their community.

For more information, go to pavausa.com