You know the story. On a shoreline full of beached starfish, a young boy heaves a few back into the ocean. Someone comes along and asks why he bothers. Too many starfish, for such a weak effort to ...

You can’t possibly make a difference.” After thinking for a moment, the boy bent down, picked up another starfish and threw it into the ocean. Then he turned to the old man.

Inspired by the poem “The Boy and the Starfish,” adapted from an essay by Loren Eiseley, first-grade students in Kristi Nelson’s class at Bird Rock Elementary School are striving to make a ...