A busload of anxious Ben Hulse Elementary School children erupted in chants of “Jacob! Jacob!” as the SeaWorld Skytower came into view last week in San Diego.
The 31 Imperial fourth-graders were excited about their behind-the-scenes tour of SeaWorld’s new Turtle Reef attraction, which they experienced thanks to 10-year-old Jacob Sanchez’s informational essay “detailing what role sea turtles play in their habitat, what threats they face and how students can help,” according to the contest rules.
Jacob’s essay won the grand prize in the SeaWorld Sea Turtle Essay Contest for third-and fourth-grade classes in Southern California.
“It was really cool,” Jacob said. “When I won the contest everyone just came surrounding me and jumping all over (the classroom),” he said.
“We were excited,” his classmate, 9-year-old Jillian Fusi, said Friday at Ben Hulse.
“It was pretty cool because we got a behind-the-scenes tour. We got to see (how the) dolphins were taken care of,” she said.
“My favorite were the sea turtles because we got to pick them up,” she said.
“We went to SeaWorld before but we had never done that before,” Jacob said.
“They were really interested in what was going on and very interested in seeing the different types of animals,” Kelly Grace, the students’ fourth-grade teacher, said.“They learned songs about the animals,” she said. “Everything was very organized and the kids had a really good time.”
As an added bonus, Jacob and his mother, Margo Sanchez, might be going back to San Diego to release a sea turtle rescued by SeaWorld back into the wild later this summer.
“It’s going to be fun but it depends on the (water) temperature and how old the turtle is,” Jacob said.
“It has to be ‘just right’ conditions so we’re keeping our fingers crossed,” Sanchez said.
The 31 Imperial fourth-graders were excited about their behind-the-scenes tour of SeaWorld’s new Turtle Reef attraction, which they experienced thanks to 10-year-old Jacob Sanchez’s informational essay “detailing what role sea turtles play in their habitat, what threats they face and how students can help,” according to the contest rules.
Jacob’s essay won the grand prize in the SeaWorld Sea Turtle Essay Contest for third-and fourth-grade classes in Southern California.
“It was really cool,” Jacob said. “When I won the contest everyone just came surrounding me and jumping all over (the classroom),” he said.
“We were excited,” his classmate, 9-year-old Jillian Fusi, said Friday at Ben Hulse.
“It was pretty cool because we got a behind-the-scenes tour. We got to see (how the) dolphins were taken care of,” she said.
“My favorite were the sea turtles because we got to pick them up,” she said.
“We went to SeaWorld before but we had never done that before,” Jacob said.
“They were really interested in what was going on and very interested in seeing the different types of animals,” Kelly Grace, the students’ fourth-grade teacher, said.“They learned songs about the animals,” she said. “Everything was very organized and the kids had a really good time.”
As an added bonus, Jacob and his mother, Margo Sanchez, might be going back to San Diego to release a sea turtle rescued by SeaWorld back into the wild later this summer.
“It’s going to be fun but it depends on the (water) temperature and how old the turtle is,” Jacob said.
“It has to be ‘just right’ conditions so we’re keeping our fingers crossed,” Sanchez said.
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