Meet Squeaky the Adopted Manatee

Sophomores Isacc Reigler, Kayla Miller, and Lauren Turner pose with a picture of Squeaky the manatee. Photo by Karl Fasse, OHS Torch Reporter

By Karl Fasse, OHS Torch Reporter

Recently, Mr. Abrams and his OHS sophomore advisory decided that they wanted to do something unique as an advisory family; what they came up with was adopting a manatee named Squeaky from www.savethemanatee.org.

What started out as a joke for Mr. Abrams’ advisory has quickly turned into reality. When his advisory was thinking of ideas for things that they could do together, a student brought up the idea of adopting a manatee as a joke. This student did not know that some students, such as Sophomore Isaac Reigler, actually thought this was an awesome idea.

Isaac is very proud of his advisory and he feels as if they are good people for adopting their manatee. Isaac said, “I know that Squeaky is much happier now that he knows he has a family who cares about him.”

Like many of his advisory students, Mr. Abrams is very proud of his advisory because he has seen first hand what conditions wild Manatee endure. He knows that the money that his advisory has raised will be helping these wonderful creatures.

Now many may ask, where do they keep this manatee? Mr. Abrams made it very clear that his class does not actually have a pet Manatee that they take care of. Adopting their manatee was basically donating money to an organization that strives to help wild manatees, who are endangered. By donating this money, his advisory was given a picture of the manatee that they ‘adopted’, as well as coloring books and many other souvenirs.

These souvenirs are what Sophomores Kayla Miller and Lauren Turner liked best about adopting Squeaky. They said, “We love the coloring books, they are so much fun!”

Adopting this Manatee has been something that the entire advisory has enjoyed doing. Mr. Abrams is confident that his advisory will continue to support their manatee and other manatees in the future.

To close, sophomore Isaac Riegler said it best. He said, “We are just doing our best to show compassion towards the manatee population. My classmates and I are just doing our best to awaken the Spartan learner.”