Bernards Protégé

Each year, Bernards High School students gather along the glass hallway to peek into the courtyard. Our duck is back! For several weeks she broods in the bushes, until she reappears with her offspring. If the ducklings still luxuriate in their safe haven by the time the school closes for summer, the janitors herd them down the hallways to the outside world, for without the Green Team filling up their inflatable swimming pool and collecting money for their duck food, they could not survive. Next year, the survivors will occupy the courtyards to raise their own ducklings, the Bernards protégé.