Suntree Elementary Students Raise Miracle Baby Duckling, Sergio

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JUNE 2016
VOL. III NO. 7
A Publication of Brevard Public Schools
Suntree Elementary Students Raise
Miracle Baby Duckling, Sergio
Jana Gabrielski’s sixth grade class at Suntree Elementary had a very lively spring semester as the students
had the unique experience of raising a baby duckling
named Sergio.
In February, Gabrielski originally planned to have the
students help with the hatching process of 30 duck
eggs, however the exposure to cold winter temperatures made the eggs go bad, despite incubation methods. The day before the remaining eggs were supposed
to hatch only three eggs were left, by nightfall only one
sole duck hatched. The miracle survivor was named
Sergio, after a soccer player, and the students instantly
began learning about the care and responsibility for the duckling. For three
weeks, Sergio was temporarily housed
in a rabbit cage, but now he roams free
around his 8’x10’ outdoor pen, which
contains a kiddy pool, that the students
built and contributed hours of hard
work towards. Students even come
in early in the morning to prepare his
pool, put his diaper on, and clean his
enclosure.
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Sergio has gained a lot of popularity
in and outside his school, and some
students have started an Instagram
account for him (@sergio_the_duck),
where he has amassed well over 500
followers. His sixth grade care takers
have even lovingly named themselves
the “Sergio Squad.” “Although this school year is coming to a close, and [we] will be moving on to middle
school next year, all the us will remember this miracle
duck and we will leave a legacy as the class that raised
Sergio from birth,” said sixth grade students, Julia
Audino and Tommy Tibbetts. As an act of loyalty to
the sixth grade class, Sergio waddled across the stage at
the students’ graduation ceremony on May 24th, bringing up the tail end of the line donned with a bow-tie.
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