PENDLETON â The fourth grade students at Washington Elementary School donned goggles, gloves and plastic aprons, in addition to the now usual masks, and headed outside to rows of squid dissection stations set up adjacent to the school on Tuesday, April 20.
The group of excited students found their way to their stations as fourth grade teacher Hunter Erwin began to give instructions to the classes.
As the excitement began to get louder, Erwin shouted, âink, ink,â the studentsâ hands shot up â fingers outstretched and waving â as they called back in unison âtentaclesâ in response before quieting down.
Before leading off the dissection he offered a reminder to students that the squid they were about to dissect were once living creatures and to treat them with respect.