Earlier this month, the Art and Bird clubs hosted Paws wildlife naturalist Anthony Denice, who gave a talk about what Paws does for local nature conservation efforts. Alongside hearing from Denice, Students also got to help glaze their very own “Crow Coins”. 

To start off, what is a crow coin? Based on the idea that crows are attracted to shiny objects, some people leave out coins and other small objects for crows to find and collect. Since making these coins serve as a fun and creative way to teach about local wildlife, the art and bird clubs were inspired to use this as a way to get students involved. 

In the weeks before the talk, art club members got together to design and create the crow coins students glazed at the meeting. Students got to sketch designs that they later transferred onto the coins by making their very own stamps. “It was so fun,” said art club member Ariana Capinpin-Studley. “ I thought that drawing the sketch and making the stamp were really cool.”

On monday, the students’ work came together as they decorated their designs while listening to the talk. When asked about what she enjoyed the most about the experience, Capinpin-Studley said “the presentation from Anthony on the work that paws does to protect animals, specifically from having people hurt them when they have good intentions.”  Seeing the meeting’s success, it’s clear that learning about the environment and how our actions affect it can be fun, informative and creative.