Rocking their way through school

“We looked through the sand to find as many rocks as we could. We

found rocks that were all different colors, and small ones and big

ones.”

ILENE UMANSKY, 9,

Costa Mesa

“We looked for rocks all over the place. I found all types of

rocks and put them in a bag. One looked like sandstone and another

looked like limestone.”

ANDRE HERNANDEZ, 10,

Costa Mesa

“I looked in the sand and found sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.

I found one more, but I forgot the name.”

BRITTANY STUMP, 9,

Costa Mesa

“We found rocks. At my home, I found a flat rock.”

JOSEPH KIDANE, 8,

Costa Mesa

“I found black rocks and all sorts of colors. Some were kind of

like cement.”

SUSAN OSTLER, 9,

Irvine

-- Interviews and photographs compiled by Marisa O’Neil