St. Petersburg High School 1991 Yearbook (St. Petersburg, FL) - Full Access

N /I Right: The look of interest: Shuntiel Green, Troi Evans and Robert Miller observe chatting squirrels from high above. 174 • Academics/Science ature Experience Expands Horizons Ecology - (i-kole'-je) park. The students time to appreciate how n. The science of the walked four of the six beautiful and wonderful relationships between trails. nature is . I wish everyone organisms and their Ms. Francia Smith, a would take the time to environments. three year Environmental visit the park and see Many of the ecology Educational Resource exactly what they're students got to teacher, escorted the taking for granted." experience this first hand students through the trails He felt that people when they visited Boyd and showed the students didn't realize what they Hill Nature Park. many types of wildlife were missing. "I wanted them to including species from Boyd Hill Nature Park learn that there is more insects, mammals, and was an escape from the on earth than parking birds. busy, industrial section of lots, cars, noise, and "I liked the many the city. The students pollution, which many different types of trees learned how important did," stated Mrs. and wildlife," explained nature could be for their Jeanette Walker, an Jason Hadley, a junior future. Ecology teacher at SPHS. who attended the trip. "I am overwhelmed. Boyd Hill Nature Park Tony Minshall, made a My experiences with was named after St. very interesting comment nature have been greatly Petersburg Park about what he learned expanded today," Superintendent, Mr. Boyd that day. commented junior David Hill. The park was "I liked the story she Bertoncini, who along originally known as "Your told about "If 100,000 with many of the other Park." Opened in the late people were to each take students, made plans to forties, it consisted of 260 one pinecone, that would change the outcome of acres and six habitats. mean 100,000 pinecones their future environment. Mr. Hill's goal was to less for nature. I didn't have park areas returned know that nature needed - Cara Capucci to their natural beauty pinecones." while bringing people and Micheal Gross, a junior nature together. who took ecology, visited 36 students the park many times accompanied Mrs. Walker during the year. on the field-trip to the "People don't take the