Symbolic Monarchs in Mexico

 

Consuelo Fernández Albarrán Elementary, Grades 1-6
This school is located in “San José del Rincón” town. In Estado de México; border town with Angangueo, Michoacán. 

Monarchs settle sometimes in areas that border territories (ejidos) of different neighbouring municipalities. In this case they settled in San José del Rincón on the side of the State of México, and Senguio, Angangueo and Ocampo on the side of the state of Michoacán. 

“When this happens, the rights on a Sanctuary quite special, since ejidatario families of both sides of the occupied territories find it difficult to make agreements on how to share responsibilities and benefits on the Sanctuaries themselves.”
--Biologists of the Monarch Butterflies’ Biosphere Reserve, in our region, declared last season--.

Cold temperatures (0, 2, 4 Centigrade) in the morning with some rain and even hail are typical for our winter time. We all know that it will not get better, unless it snows.  We locals believe that once it snows, the weather becomes much more stable.

This is a really highly populated school.  It would be difficult to visit all the children so Estela is allowed a representative group of each grade to participate.  They are about 400 (four hundred students).

Older children, 5th., and 6th., graders, teach younger ones about Monarch’s migration and hatching from egg to butterfly! Younger children simply astonished to hear about the miracle.
Children partiipate mentioning different plants, trees and mushrooms which live in our forests altogether with Oyamel trees and Monarchs. In their letters to North-American and Canadian, Alaskan and German Children, Mexican children living around the Monach butterflies’ Sanctuaries, share showing their counterparts about the living flora and fauna with which Monarchs overwinter every year.

At breaktime, for 5, 6, or at the most 8 pesos, children enjoy having delicious Mexican tacos serving, tortas, pozole, or on the other side, any kind of snack they may prefer.

Donations: Each grade received 2 books.


Butterflies Received
This school received Ambassador Butterflies from the following U.S. and Canadian Schools:

The Tatnall School,Wilmington,DE
The Tatnall School,Wilmington,DE
Saint Anne's Episcopal School,Middletown,DE
Eisenhower School,Dubuque,IA
Eisenhower School,Dubuque,IA
Prairie Crest Elementary,Cedar Rapids,IA
Prairie Crest Elementary,Cedar Rapids,IA
Prairie Crest Elementary,Cedar Rapids,IA
La Petite Academy,Royal Palm Beach,FL
River Valley Charter School,Newburyport,MA
OK Christian School,Edmond,OK
Waverly Yowell Elementary,Madison,VA
Marion Cross Elementary,Norwich,VT
Catskill Elementary,Catskill,NY
Catskill Elementary,Catskill,NY
JCD STEM Partnership School,Aurora,IL
Anchorage Independent School,Anchorage,KY
Mary Hogan School,Middlebury,VT
Marion Cross Elementary,Norwich,VT
Elm Street Elementary,Rome,GA
Somers Elementary,Somers,CT
Palm Elementary,Austin,TX
Palm Elementary,Austin,TX
Palm Elementary,Austin,TX
Brentwood Elementary,Austin,TX
Nichols Ellementary,San Antonio,TX
Saint Rose of Lima School,Roseville,MN
Texas Lutheran University,Sequin,TX
Brentwood Elementary,Austin,TX
Prairie Hill Elementary,Cedar Rapids,IA
Byrd Elementary,Goochland,VA
Limestone Technology Academy,Sand Springs,OK
Byrd Elementary,Goochland,VA
Byrd Elementary,Goochland,VA
Prairie Hill Elementary,Cedar Rapids,IA
Prairie Hill Elementary,Cedar Rapids,IA
Florida Virtual School,Largo,FL
Prairie Hill Elementary,Cedar Rapids,IA
Highland Ranch Elementary,San Diego,CA
Highland Ranch Elementary,San Diego,CA
Palmerston Public School,Palmerston,ON
Northridge Public School,London,ON
Saint Joseph Catholic Academy,Monroeville,OH
A W Cox School,Guilford,CT
Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary,Carlsbad,CA
Waples Mill Elementary,Oakton,VA
On the Path Homeschool,London,ON
Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary,Carlsbad,CA
Western Oaks Middle School,Bethany,OK
Waterloo Elementary,Columbia,MD
Tamaques School,Westfield,NJ
Tamaques School,Westfield,NJ
Lockport Township High School,Lockport,IL
Lockport Township High School,Lockport,IL
Breck School,Golden Valley,MN
Ottawa Hills Elementary,Toledo,OH
Onaway School,Shaker Heights,OH
Onaway School,Shaker Heights,OH
Cedar Park Elementary,Apple Valley,MN
Cedar Park Elementary,Apple Valley,MN
Cedar Park Elementary,Apple Valley,MN
Cedar Park Elementary,Apple Valley,MN
Cedar Park Elementary,Apple Valley,MN
Greenfield Elementary,Jacksonville,FL
Sant Bani School,Sanbornton,NH
Hull Prairie Intermediate School,Perrysburg,OH
Saint Andrew Catholic School,Elk River,MN
Hull Prairie Intermediate School,Perrysburg,OH
Hull Prairie Intermediate School,Perrysburg,OH
Hull Prairie Intermediate School,Perrysburg,OH
Warner Library,Tarrytown,NY
Ogema Elementary,Ogema,MN
Shirakawa Elementary,San Jose,CA
Saint Dominic Catholic School,Brookfield,WI
Gilbert Primary School,Gilbert,SC