by Theo Noomah
Yesterday, May 17th, McNeil Canyon Elementary’s fifth grade went across the bay to hike the Saddle Trail and learn about how glaciers can carve a mountain, drop rocks in fields and form lateral moraines. I hope during finals week High School students can remember that school isn’t about testing, it’s about learning. This is the story of kids who learn.
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- Back on the beach students played in the sand and on rocks while waiting for the watertaxi to take them back home.
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- Some fifth graders chose to run and play on the rocks, but many sat to appreciate the scenery
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- Students take in the glacier from a rocky outcropping
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- But some want a closer look at the water anyway.
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- The class is instructed to test the temperature of glacial water so they’ll think twice before wading in.
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- A girl coaxes her friend to keep hiking after a short break spent on the ground.
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- Students hike through rocks and small trees toward Grewingk Glacier.
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- A group crowds around the body of a dead sea otter that lay only feet from where they stepped off the boat
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- McNeil’s Canyon Elementary’s 5th grade crowds, laughs and sings in anticipation of their hike.
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- The view approaching the “Saddle” from the boat.
under: Arts & Entertainment