Trout In The Classroom

As of the 2026/27 school year, we now have seven schools and seven enrolled in the Trout in the Classroom program:

North Lincoln High School

River Bend Middle School

Tuttle Elementary School

Hickory High School

Oxford Elementary School

King's Mountain High School

West Lincoln  High School

Release schedule 2027--Approximately 9 AM

South Mountains State Park

     Hickory High School  April 23rd

     Tuttle Elementary School  April 27th

     North Lincoln High School April 14th

     West Lincoln High School April 16th

     Oxford Elementary School April 22nd

     King's Mountain April 21st

Stone Mountain State Park

    River Bend Middle School April 9th

Please consider making a donation to Hickory TU Trout in the Classroom program. Each year it costs us about $2000 to continue the current schools and an additional $2000 for adding a new school. We currently have 5 schools and 6 classrooms in the program and each spring take them to the river to release the fish and have them search the river bottom for the bugs the trout eat in addition to fly casting, fly tying, and other programs.