Third, fourth, and fifth grade students from Bodine – along with fourth grade teacher Ms. Lee and several brave dads – showed up at The Memphis Zoo one Friday with sleeping bags in hand. The students had an experience of a lifetime. Animals of many types visited them in the classroom. Then they trekked in dead silence and pitch black to places like The Animals of the Night, The Herpetarium, and the Nutrition Center. By the middle of the night, everyone was a bit on the animal side! Just check out 4th grader Ricky H. and Don O., parent of 5th grader Carter O. By the morning – though little sleep had been had – participants got to walk around the zoo spotting animals before the crowds arrived. Fourth graders Christopher B. and Karly C. couldn’t get enough and scoped out the meerkat habitat before deciding to go home!
