February Class: Group A

February was wonderful! This class was spent half at the Aquarium and half on a field trip to Caw Caw Interpretive Center. At the Aquarium we went over resume and cover letter writing to start our job skills portion of the internship and we also took the interns behind the scenes to show them the top of the Great Ocean Tank and the Sea Turtle Hospital.

It is important that we split the interns into a Group A and a Group B so we can have a smaller class size (10-12) and also, so we can fit into 2 mini vans when we go on field trips. Our first field trip was at Caw Caw, the perfect place to go on a nature walk. The interns got to see a blackwater swamp, freshwater marsh and brackish water marsh all in about a 2 hour hike. Also at Caw Caw we can talk about rice cultivation and how amazing our Charleston history is by looking at these old rice fields and truck gates. We can try to imagine the type of work people once did in our area.

The weather was absolutely beautiful for Group A and I think they really liked getting outside to enjoy nature. (Side note - the group in my van talked non-stop the entire time to Caw Caw and back. Hilarious stuff! To be around teenagers keeps me young!). A couple of their thoughts on the day:

“The Caw Caw Interpretive Center was really beautiful. I learned a lot about the rice fields, swamps and marshes. Being able to go out in nature will help me a lot to remember the facts we learned today.” - Kaitlyn Servello

“Today’s activities were fun. I liked the part where we went to Caw Caw and saw many things…I liked when we saw 10 alligators in different sizes….I’m so excited for canoeing next month.” - Rolando Sison, Jr.

As you just read, we are going canoeing at Francis Beidler Forest in March...this is my favorite field trip and I think the interns are going to love it!!

-Jaime