Monday, December 21, 2009

Students to Travel to Study, Save Endangered Turtles

BY MOLLY MORRIS — DECEMBER 20, 2009

Students under Gloria Zakers' tutelage at Montessori School & International Academy venture near and far – from the local mangrove lagoons and ancient forests to the United Nations programs in New York – to watching spectacular humpback whales toss about off Baja California.

It is Zakers' aim to give the youngsters a taste of the world, from political debates on the floor of the UN to exploring marine life in the deep blue waters of the Sea of Cortez.

This year they are set on a journey to visit Costa Rica's Pacuare Nature Reserve, a protected leatherback turtle preserve with four miles of beach and a 2,000-acre lowland tropical forest.. The students will collect data from nesting sea turtles, working with local scientists to help one of the world's most critically endangered species.

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