When the moon completely covered the sun on April 8, Austin Fisher took off his protective eclipse glasses and gaped at the celestial event, his mouth wide open in awe.
“It was shocking how beautiful it was,” said the Queensbury Elementary School third grader. “It was really pretty.”
Austin traveled north on April 8 with his third grade classmates to view the total solar eclipse. Teachers Kathy Edwards and Samantha Horowitz took their students and many parents to SUNY Plattsburgh, which was in the direct path of totality.
“The solar eclipse was like a million-cotillion percent cool,” said Lily Dubois. “It was sick! Everything about it. It just looked so cool together!”
Parents funded the bus ride, a buffet lunch at the college and the purchase of matching T-shirts designed by the school art teacher Jen Spath. QES Principal Jessica Rossetti used principal funds to pay for two classroom rentals at SUNY Plattsburgh. The QES PTSA contributed $100 toward the bus deposit. And the class homeroom mom ordered eclipse glasses for the parents and siblings who went along.
“The thing that was so cool about the solar eclipse, is that it was a once-in-a-lifetime chance, and we actually got to see it in totality,” said third grader Lydia Loveland.
Both Lily and Lydia said they screamed during totality as the sky got dark and the temperature changed. Their classmate Erin Kennedy had a different reaction, though.
“As soon as totality happened,” Erin said, “I fell to the ground with excitement!”
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