The Canadian Peregrine Foundation

Project School Visit:
Fairmont Public School (London)

Visit sponsored by: TD Friends of the Environment Foundation

In October 2001, we visited London's Fairmont Public School with our young male peregrine falcon "Oscar".  We have not yet received any feedback from the students, but below is a letter from their teachers:

The junior classes at Fairmont Public School in London were recently given the opportunity to participate in a visit from Tracy, one of the visitors from your School Visit Program, and her peregrine falcon on Wednesday, October 17, 2001.  The students learned a great deal about the reasons for the falcon's inclusion on the endangered species list and about the fight to save it from extinction.  The presence of a live falcon in the school library greatly added to the presentation, and all students were very eager to learn more about its fight for survival.

As teachers, we were extremely pleased with the content and presentation of information during the visit.  Tracy was very knowledgeable about Peregrine Falcons and she expressed this knowledge and her genuine concern for these birds in a very "kid friendly" way.  She was energetic, eloquent and patient with our students!  The topic covered many components of the Grades 4, 5 and 6 Life Systems Strand of the Ontario Junior Science Curriculum.  We would highly recommend a visit from the Canadian Peregrine Foundation to other junior classes in Ontario.

Thank you for arranging this visit, and please thank Tracy for doing such an excellent job here at Fairmont.  We are also very grateful to the TD Canada Trust Friends of the Environment Foundation for their generosity in sponsoring this visit for our students.

Sincerely,

Ms. Jenny Kelly, Mr. John Jacob, Mr. Jeff Shanks
Junior Teachers

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