With music blasting, a turtle, a bearded dragon in a wagon, guinea pigs, a canine dressed as a caterpillar, a cat, a rabbit, stuffed animals and extra all congregated at Trinity School’s Upper Campus in Menlo Park on the morning of April 6 for the varsity’s first pet parade.
It’s been two years for the reason that small Episcopal college has held its blessing of the animals due to the COVID-19 pandemic, college officers stated, so it was particular for children to see their buddies’ pets once more throughout the carnival-themed occasion.
Students, academics and their households walked their pets across the college, one of many few instances mother and father, who till lately could not come on campus, have been in a position to work together with one another in particular person.
“Today was wonderful,” stated Maya, a fourth grader, as she managed her two black labs, Simba and Walter. “There was a sea of canine.” She stated her rabbit, Halo, who really is not a lot of an angel as a result of he tries to run away a lot, stayed residence.
SLIDESHOW: Paul Collins, proper, and his son Nathan, a fifth grader, sit with their canine Shasta on the pet parade at Trinity School in Menlo Park on April 6, 2022. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
SLIDESHOW: Draco, a bearded dragon, watches the pet parade from his aquarium as he’s wheeled round in a cart at Trinity School. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
SLIDESHOW: Dr. Amy Voedisch, middle, the grand marshal of the Trinity School pet parade, pets her canine Walter. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
SLIDESHOW: Yanlin Li holds up his canine Cheetah subsequent to his daughter, Julia, a kindergartener at Trinity School. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
SLIDESHOW: A canine on the pet parade at Trinity School. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
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