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Cabrillo National Monument
For Teachers
 
Superintendent Terry DiMattio
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Superintendent Terry DiMattio invites teachers and classes to visit Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego's own hometown National Park.
 

A Message from the Superintendent

Welcome to Cabrillo National Monument’s education website.  We’re glad that your class will soon experience one of our educational programs.

Cabrillo National Monument contains a wide variety of natural and cultural resources, from the intertidal habitat to coastal chaparral, and from the statue of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and the Old Point Loma Lighthouse to the Coastal Defense exhibit.  It is our mission to preserve these resources for the use and enjoyment of future generations.  There is no better way to do this than to instill in the minds of children the value and importance of special places like our park.

We continue to look to teaching professionals to suggest ways to make our program better.  Your comments and ideas are always appreciated as we strive to improve our educational program.

Click here to begin planning your educational visit.  I hope that you and your students will have an enjoyable visit to one of America’s special places:  Cabrillo National Monument.

Terry M. DiMattio, Superintendent

 

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Did You Know?
Did you know that, back in the mid- to late-1800s, children of lightkeepers at the Old Point Loma Lighthouse at Cabrillo National Monument had to row a boat from Point Loma to Old Town San Diego to get to school?

Last Updated: September 14, 2006 at 10:04 EST