Day Three
Today we visited a school in Angangueo and headed
to the monarch reserve at Sierra Chincua.
This morning we went to a school in the town next
to the town's plaza. This school is very different from our own! They have no
heating or cooling system, no water fountains, and no lunch program. Students
must bring their own drinks and food from home. There is no playground just a
play yard much like an open air courtyard in the center of the school. They
only have 5 computers for the entire building which has about 300 students in
grades 1 to 6. The parents must purchase uniforms and basic supplies for their
children. The school only provides books. Because there isn't much money for
supplies and such some of the teachers sell snacks to raise money for the
school. Here are some photos:
This is a view of the courtyard and a sixth grade classroom.
I'm having my picture taken with the computer teacher in her lab. The next photo is of a third grade classroom where I'm happy to report Mrs. Maher's classroom's Flat Stanley's were a huge hit. They enjoyed the visit and the letters. When I return I'll have individual photos for each of Mrs. Maher's students.
From here we headed to the monarch reserve at Sierra Chincua. We were able to take horses to the top of the mountain. The views from the top were spectacular.
We still had to hike quite a ways to get to where the monarchs were but it was definitely worth the trip!
They were flying around you so much that you would hear the wings fluttering past you! They were also hanging in clumps from branches and clinging to the bark of the trees. I also observed them nectaring on a number of different flowers.
Unfortunately you can see from the last photo that we encountered evidence of illegal logging going on in the forest. There doesn't seem to be a good way to stop this from happening but we need to work on it or else we may not see monarchs in the future.
We headed to Jungapeo to stay for a couple of nights. In the evening our leader, Bill Calvert gave a very interesting talk about monarchs and how they can find their way back to Mexico each year.
This is a view of the courtyard and a sixth grade classroom.
I'm having my picture taken with the computer teacher in her lab. The next photo is of a third grade classroom where I'm happy to report Mrs. Maher's classroom's Flat Stanley's were a huge hit. They enjoyed the visit and the letters. When I return I'll have individual photos for each of Mrs. Maher's students.
From here we headed to the monarch reserve at Sierra Chincua. We were able to take horses to the top of the mountain. The views from the top were spectacular.
We still had to hike quite a ways to get to where the monarchs were but it was definitely worth the trip!
They were flying around you so much that you would hear the wings fluttering past you! They were also hanging in clumps from branches and clinging to the bark of the trees. I also observed them nectaring on a number of different flowers.
Unfortunately you can see from the last photo that we encountered evidence of illegal logging going on in the forest. There doesn't seem to be a good way to stop this from happening but we need to work on it or else we may not see monarchs in the future.
We headed to Jungapeo to stay for a couple of nights. In the evening our leader, Bill Calvert gave a very interesting talk about monarchs and how they can find their way back to Mexico each year.
Posted: Wed - March 9, 2005 at 08:04 AM
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