Coyote comes home!
YouTube sensation wows sophomores with his worldwide adventures during special assembly
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| REUNITED: Science teacher Miss Melissa Parey joins former student Coyote Peterson '00 on the stage of the O'Brien Center during Monday's assembly. |
Wildlife expert and adventurer Coyote Peterson '00, host of Animal Planet's Coyote Peterson: Brave the Wild series and YouTube's Brave Wildnerness channel, returned to NDCL for a special Spirit Week assembly for our entire sophomore class on Monday morning.
Science teacher Miss Melissa Parey invited Coyote to return to his alma mater. Known as Nate Hahn at the time, Coyote was a student in Miss Parey's environmental science class in 1998-1999.
Miss Parey originally asked Coyote to be a Zoom guest for the Animal Defenders Club that she advises. When he proposed an in-person visit to his alma mater, she jumped at the chance for him to speak to our 177 sophomores.
Coyote regaled the students with stories of his up-close and often intense interactions with wildlife around the globe. Students lined up to ask him questions about his adventures and YouTube celebrity status.
Following the presentation, Coyote lingered in the Trela Dining Commons to chat with students and to pose for dozens of selfies.