Mrs. Costner's Class Blog: Madison W.'s Special Guest, Miss Michelle Legate

Ethan's Story about Miss Legate

Alec's story about Miss Legate (I wish this was darker and you could see it better!)

Today we met Madison W.'s special guest. Her name is Miss Michelle Legate and she is a scuba diver at Ripley's Aquarium. She knows Madison because Madison goes to an after school program there each day. Miss Legate was born in Kentucky and lived there for 18 years. She told us that her mom was a doctor and that she was home schooled! Miss Legate enjoyed living in Kentucky but she moved to Tenn. when she was finished with high school and got a job at the Ripley's in the Smoky Mountains. She worked there for a few years and then eventually was transferred here to the Ripley's at Broadway at the Beach. Miss Legate feeds the sharks and does the swim shows at the aquarium. She loves to play with the stingrays too! She brought in lobster shells that had been molted off and also lots of shark jaws for us to see! She told us her favorite animal at the aquarium was Gabby the sea turtle. We really liked learning about the cone shell which is the deadliest animal at the aquarium. We all decided that Miss Legate had a really cool job and that we would like to visit the aquarium more often. It was a great Hearts' Story!