Students at Little Pilgrim School, based at Fauntleroy Church, got unusual lessons this morning – a hard-hat tour of the construction/renovation going on at the church. Above, they’re peeking through a top-story window to have a look at their playground, which has been a staging site (but will be back open for them when school resumes in the fall); here they’re getting a show-and-tell from foreman Jimmy Dale and construction-crew member Phil McGrann.

Here’s a bonus video clip of the kids watching a forklift demonstration. Meantime, not far from Fauntleroy Church, it’s salmon-release time at Fauntleroy Creek:

Creek steward Judy Pickens forwarded that photo taken by Dennis Hinton, who also reports:

The Salmon in the Classroom program to raise and release coho for Fauntleroy Creek got into full swing last week. Three groups, from Roxhill Elementary (40 kids), KapKa Cooperative K-2 (35 kids) and West Seattle Moms (17 kids), released more than 300 coho fry in Fauntleroy Park, with upward of 1,700 more to come.

The fish, each just over an inch long, have been raised in classrooms since January as part of the State Fish and Wildlife program. Judy Pickens, from the Fauntleroy Watershed Council, coordinates the field trips with teachers and parents from about a dozen area elementary and preschools. Salmon releases will continue in Fauntleroy Park through the month of May.