Cabrillo Marine Aquarium is now accepting applications for its annual docent training class to be held from Sept. to Dec. Docents guide children on 50-minute tours through the aquarium exhibit hall and give demonstrations on the beach. They provide information and conduct various activities relating to animals and plants of local tide pools, beaches, kelp forests, islands and the open ocean.
Training sessions take place on Monday mornings for 12 weeks beginning Sept. 10. Following training, docents volunteer one morning a week on the day of their choice through June.
Docent qualifications are only an interest in the ocean and sharing that with children, the desire for continued learning and a willingness to work with the aquarium consistently for two school years.
The cost is $75 to cover the cost of training, docent manual, textbook, name badge, T-shirt and a Friends of Cabrillo Marine Aquarium membership. Applications are due by Sept. 3.
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium is located at 3720 Stephen White Drive in San Pedro. For more information contact Randi Abrams-Gonzalez, Cabrillo Marine Aquarium Marine Coordinator at (310) 548-8398.
