City kids hop on board to learn about the ocean
Most Sunday afternoons you can find 13-year-old Arnold Morales from North Hollywood sitting on his couch at home watching Jersey Shore. Not today. For the first time in his life, Arnold had stepped away from the couch and the shore and was on a boat. Arnold and 13 other teenagers from the North Hollywood Area Jeopardy and Cadet programs hopped on board the ‘Circe’ and participated in the City2Sea program, a non-profit organization aimed at getting city kids on the water. “We developed it to teach kids about ocean conservation,” said John Sakacs, a 50-year-old from Colonie, New York, and co-founder of the organization. “It’s to get kids excited about learning science using Mother Nature’s classroom. When kids have a choice between reading a book about a blue whale or seeing the real thing, I think they will remember the real thing more and hopefully it will encourage them to learn more about marine life.” On Sunday’s expedition the children were taken about six miles out to sea and given a show by at least three different types of whales. Captain Sakacs stayed a safe distance from the creatures, but they seemed to want to get to know the kids better, swimming directly under the…
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