The school year ends and summer begins!

Hello,

Killer Whale Tales ended our amazing 2006-2007 school year on a high note with two dynamic classes at Lake Hills Elementary in Bellevue, WA. It was an excellent way to end a very successful year.

Since January 2006 alone, we have worked with 5000 students in over 46 schools throughout Washington State, Canada and San Francisco. The results from our Kids Making a Difference Now! activity are being tabulated as we speak and as soon as they are done we will post them on our website at www.killerwhaletales.org. Students can then see how much change they made to protect our regions whales. I know they will pleased with the results.

Now it is on to the summer!

This summer we will be out in the field updating our program with all new videos and photos, as well as incorporating any new and exciting scientific information. We will also be creating and updating all of our "hands on" activities, including one that will lead to a better understanding by the students about the whales critical habitat.

We will also again be working with The Soundwatch Boater Education program, helping to spread the word about The Be Whale Wise safe viewing guidelines. Checkout more about this dynamic program at www.whalemuseum.org/programs/soundwatch/soundwatch.html.

To kick off the summer we are launching this blog page to keep young folks up on what we are doing and what is going on in the field. We will be posting cool new pictures, video (on You Tube), and hopefully some great audio recordings as well. We will also share our reports of any new and exciting whale info, like new calves or scientific information, as we come come across it!
So check back often.

To get things started off right I am including this picture above, taken from shore at the Lime Kiln State Park Light House (www.parks.wa.gov/parkpage.asp?selectedpark=Lime%20Kiln%20Point). It is a picture of J22 and her four year old calf J38. This one will definitely be in the program next year!

Thanks for checking in and I look forward to sharing with you some of the great adventures we will be having in the coming months!

Jeff Hogan
Executive Director/Founder
Killer Whale Tales