Cabrillo

A most pleasant trip to the Cabrillo Marine Museum today. We boarded the bus a little after nine o'clock, and we started the LONG drive down to San Pedro. Once we arrive, we were ushered into the auditorium where we watched a most informative slideshow about tidepools led by a smart, funny, and very cool guide. They then split us into two groups to take turns visiting the tidepool touch tanks and the lab. In both places, we got to really feel the creatures. Some of us thought that they were a little slimy, while others had a great time touching away. We had a short lunch (and we kept most of it away from the seagulls) and then we walked out to the tidepools themselves. We got a chance to see a lot of the things we'd seen in the slides. On the way back to the bus, a pod of dolphins popped up out of the waves as if to say, "Come again!"

Many of you had a chance to come to the parent meeting yesterday, and some of you VERY generously contributed. Mrs. Caruso and I will be splitting responsibility for the play that she and Talia's mom wrote together. She will be in charge of directing the play and designing sets and costumes. I will be responsible for working with a group to develop and perform appropriate music for the play. I'll help her out as I can with the sets, but I'm not nearly the artist she is! We don't have much time, but we'll give it our all.

Homework: Keep working on the math textbook. Other than that, nada.