{"id":2823,"date":"2014-12-23T13:23:51","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T17:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/?p=2823"},"modified":"2015-03-11T10:40:32","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T14:40:32","slug":"kempsville-elementary-spca-partner-student-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/kempsville-elementary-spca-partner-student-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Kempsville Elementary and SPCA partner for student learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unfortunately, the crow was sick.<\/p>\n

Virginia Beach SPCA Youth Programs Director Jessie Comba was speaking to second-grade students at Kempsville Elementary School last week about the role animals played in Native American life.<\/p>\n

Comba talked about the respect Native Americans had for wildlife \u2013 how, once hunted, the entire animal was used in some form or another. Take, for example, the wild boar. Its meat was used for food. Its skin used for clothing, but that was not all. Weapons, tools and jewelry were made from teeth and bones. Yet, even more was used.<\/p>\n

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The eyes? They were food as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cEwwwwwwww,\u201d the chorus of students sang out.<\/p>\n

Comba also shared with students that some of the same animals that are commonplace today are actually thanks to explorers who brought them here to begin with. Goats, sheep, cows and horses were all brought to America.<\/p>\n

After her presentation, Comba pulled out the book, \u201cThe Rainbow Crow,\u201d which told the legend of how crows came to be all black and have their own distinctive call. She read to students the story of a crow whose beautifully rainbow colored wings end up covered in smoke as he carried a branch of fire to saves the world from freezing.<\/p>\n

As the story concluded, the SPCA\u2019s own crow was supposed to make a grand appearance.<\/p>\n

But, he had been under the weather.<\/p>\n

Not to worry, Comba had a backup plan.<\/p>\n

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To the oohs and ahhs of the first-grade audience, Comba pulled out a ferret who was currently living at the SPCA. Students had the chance to come up and pet the ferret as well as learn more about the adoptable pet.<\/p>\n

However, Comba was not the only one with surprises. The school\u2019s Girls on the Run program presented Comba a check for $105, which was raised by the girls to help support to the SPCA\u2019s work in Virginia Beach.<\/p>\n

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The Kempsville Girls on the Run raised $105 this past month for the SPCA. Pictured here, from left to right, are Joey Habel, Sabrina Bowles and Ellie Lepley and in the back, Girls on the Run coaches Laura Taylor and Julie Christison.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For more information about the SPCA, visit http:\/\/vbspca.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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