picture one, happy student showing yellow fossil, boy with back to the camera digging  in to his fossil; picture 2 girl wearing fossil headband made of paper and digging into fossil, picture three, little boy smiling at the camera with fossil on the table in front of him

Students holding dinosaur books in their handsFour pictures showing second grade students with pretend fossils digging out bones. Students are happy and smiling.Parkside Elementary would like to extend a warm and heartfelt thank-you to the Davis Education Foundation! Thanks to the Cash for Classrooms grant, our second graders enjoyed an exciting “Dino-vember” experience in the school library.

Throughout the month, students immersed themselves in learning about dinosaurs and paleontology—hatching dinosaur eggs, researching fascinating facts, exploring new dinosaur books, and discovering what real paleontologists do. It was truly a DINO-MITE month!

The foundation generously provided our students with new non-fiction books about dinosaurs and paleontology, as well as funding to purchase real fossils, giving second graders a hands-on opportunity to engage with the work of paleontologists. This special experience broadened our students’ horizons and sparked enthusiasm for their future career paths.  Thank you Davis Education Foundation!!!