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2024 solar eclipse: Palatine High School throws party for students in football stadium for hands-on learning experience – WLS-TV

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PALATINE, Ill. (WLS) — In the middle of the day Monday, 2,600 Palatine High School students left their classrooms behind and headed to the football stadium for some real life education on solar eclipses.
Astronomy students have been studying eclipses, but there's nothing like a live, in-person experience.
"I just like that the whole school is out here together to watch the same thing happen. And it's not gonna happen again for 20 years," said junior Caraline Keller.
With songs like "Total Eclipse of the Heart" playing over the speakers, there was a party atmosphere in the stadium. For astronomy teacher Sean Fisher-Rhode, this is a big deal, like having Christmas and a birthday all at once.
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"This is something a lot of people will keep with them their whole life," he said.
Students looked through special eclipse glasses, spellbound as they watched it unfold and it darkened near the peak coverage time of 2:07 p.m. Not only was it darker, it was colder and windier as well.
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For educators, this is a rare opportunity for real life learning experiences, and Principal Tony Medina was not about to let it pass them by.
"The importance of something like this happening in their lifetime and also celebrating it and connecting it to their learning," he said.
Fisher-Rohde travelled to Kentucky to watch the 2017 eclipse, but today he wanted to share it with his students at the school where he's spent nearly a quarter century.
"I didn't want to leave these guys. I wanted to be here. I wanted to share this with the community I really care about," he said.
And the community will be sharing stories of this day for years to come.
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