Smiles and slithers for Sequim students

By Matthew Nash • November 30, 2022 1:30 am
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Shavine Mills III holds a Burmese python from The Reptile Zoo in Monroe with fellow students during a recent assembly for Olympic Peninsula Academy and Dungeness Virtual School.
Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Shavine Mills III holds a Burmese python from The Reptile Zoo in Monroe with fellow students during a recent assembly for Olympic Peninsula Academy and Dungeness Virtual School.

Snakes, lizards, an alligator and a tortoise took center stage for Olympic Peninsula Academy and Dungeness Virtual School students on Nov. 18 during a special assembly. The Reptile Man — Scott Petersen — of The Reptile Zoo in Monroe introduced students to the various reptiles, shared some facts and allowed for plenty of photo-ops and chances to hold and/or pet the animals. For more about Petersen, visit www.reptileman.com.

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Fifth graders Harper Hilliker-McCloskey and Ivan Cortani at Olympic Peninsula Academy and Dungeness Virtual School pet a tortoise at a special assembly about reptiles.

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Fifth graders Harper Hilliker-McCloskey and Ivan Cortani at Olympic Peninsula Academy and Dungeness Virtual School pet a tortoise at a special assembly about reptiles.