After spending the spring caring for an endangered diamondback terrapin turtle, 2nd graders from the Bournedale Elementary School released the hatchling back into the wild at the end of June.
The turtle spent much of the spring in the classroom of Antonia Perry, where the young students were responsible for keeping track of the turtleâs growth, ensuring that her habitat had proper salinity levels, feeding her and changing out the water in her cage.
Ms. Perry said that while the terrapin was an animal in her classroom, the turtle was in there for rehabilitationâshe was not there as a pet.