By Nazario Rodriguez Jr.
Horizon news staff

Some 110 students from the six different high schools in Palau visited the Conservation Area in Kayangel called as the Ngeruangel Bird Sanctuary on Feb 24.
The weekend trip, which was organized by the staff of the Palau Community College Upward Bound Program, is part of the students Science and Cultural Field trip.
The students rode on three boats for the two-hour trip to Kayangel Fisheries Dock, where they picked up Conservation Officer Peace Kemesong.
Leading the field trip were Upward Bound Program Director Kuye Belelai, Assistant Program Director Helen Immanuel, instructors and alumni accompanied the students for the trip.
From the main Island of Kayangel, the students took the 30-minute ride to the spot where they enjoyed feeling the natural wonders of the area and watched the birds that pry on fish around the area.
Belelai said that the students went there to observe and study the speck of reefs, which accordingly was once inhabited but a powerful typhoon nearly wiped out the area and the people were forced to evacuate to Kayangel.
From the bird sanctuary, the students had their lunch at the Fisheries Dock, had fun around the area, some played volleyball game, swam on the port and toured the Island before their trip back to Koror.
Belelai said that PCC President Patrick Tellei is very supportive of this kind of endeavor and he wanted the students to study hard and join activities like this.
Belelai also expressed appreciation to the State Government of Kayangel for their cooperation and support.