Ambassador Butterflies Reach Sanctuary Schools

Your Symbolic Monarchs have arrived in Mexico and school visits have begun.

Students in schools near Mexican monarch sanctuaries with letters for their new friends in the US and Canada.

Visits Begin

Estela Romero has begun her visits to the students in schools surrounding the monarch sanctuaries in Mexico. She brings Ambassador Butterflies and teaches students about monarch conservation that is shared between the United States, Canada, and Mexico. She sends you this message:

"At every single school the exchange of information about monarch butterfly conservation brings a variety of emotions, reactions, questions and discussions! All the students and teachers show great interest in learning about their neighboring cultures - the United States and Canada - and sharing with them some of ours. This makes a wonderful exchange of the responsibility for monarch conservation across borders."

All school visits will be completed by early February when you will be able to search for your butterfly.

Who Sent Butterflies?

Symbolic Monarchs Arrive in Sanctuary Schools

The Symbolic Monarch butterflies have landed in the Sanctuary schools! Estela begins her visits to Mexican schools and shares your butterflies and messages of goodwill. Here is a sampling of images from her first school visits of 2017-2018.

Students happily help carry the Symbolic Monarchs, flags, and teaching materials into their classroom.
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All students learn about the monarchs' migration from the United States and Canada to Mexico each year.
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All students learn about their native plants and habitats so they can begin to understand the importance of conservation.
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The monarch life cycle is fascinating to learn about - especially because students see only the adult phase while monarchs are in Mexico.
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Estela explains the exchange of messages of goodwill and conservation that are part of the project.
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A student proudly shows his Ambassador monarch while posing with Estela.
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Each students takes great care to write a letter to their new friends in the US and Canada. In each letter the students draw a picture.
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This boy made a beautiful picture to add to his letter.
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These girls are taking care to draw some scenes of the monarchs for their new friends from the US and Canada .
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Students showing their special butterflies.
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Each student opens their Symbolic Monarch with great excitement and enjoys showing it off during the whole class photograph.
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Proud students sharing their butterflies in this class photo.
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Fall 2017

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