SPECIAL DISCOUNTS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
FOR HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES ON FRI., OCT. 1
AT THE MARITIME AQUARIUM AT NORWALK

NORWALK, CT – Homeschool families can take a special educational dive into the marine
world through discounted admission and grade-appropriate programs on Fri., Oct. 1 during
“Homeschool Day” in The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk.
This focused day makes available to homeschool students many of the educational classroom
programs regularly presented to traditional school groups by Aquarium educators. Options on
Oct. 1 include story times for preschoolers and a selection of classroom programs for kids in all
grades, from K-12.

“You shouldn’t have to be enrolled in a formal school setting to have access to the unique
educational programs of The Maritime Aquarium, so we’re happy to offer this special day and
these unique learning opportunities to the homeschooling parents and students in the tri-state
area,” said Tom Naiman, the Aquarium’s vice president of Education.
Nine drop-off-style programs include: a “Shark Safari” program and a “Similarities &
Differences” animal-adaptations program for ages 4 and up; a squid dissection and examinations
of marine animals using microscopes for ages 7 and up; and a careers tour and an ocean
advocacy program for ages 10 and up.

With advance registration, discounted Aquarium admission for “Homeschool Day” participants
is $19 for children (ages 3-12), $24 for adults, and $23 for seniors (65+). Tickets include the
choice of a 4D movie: “Shark: A 4D Experience” or “Ice Age: No Time for Nuts 4D.”
Cost of any optional classroom programs varies from $5 to $10 per student. (Story times for
preschoolers – at 10:15 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. – are free and require a parent or caregiver to be
present.) Spaces in the programs are limited, so advance registration is required.
Deadline for admission and program registration is 5 p.m. Wed., Sept. 29.
Get details about all of the “Homeschool Day” offerings – and register – by going to
www.maritimeaquarium.org/homeschool-students.

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Attorney General William Tong filed formal notice today with the United States Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York that Connecticut will appeal a controversial and unprecedented decision that purports to extinguish Connecticut’s claims against both Purdue Pharma and the non-bankrupt Sackler family.

“The Sacklers are not bankrupt. We cannot allow our bankruptcy laws to be abused and misused as a loophole for the rich and powerful to avoid justice and accountability. This decision was an unprecedented and unacceptable overreach by the bankruptcy court. Connecticut has filed notice that we will appeal and will continue to fight on behalf of the victims and families of the opioid epidemic until we see justice,” said Attorney General Tong.

Judge Robert Drain ruled earlier this month that he will approve a bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma that grants a lifetime legal shield to the Sackler family for civil opioid-related claims.

Purdue’s bankruptcy plan requires the Sackler family to pay $4.3 billion- though they are worth multiple times that amount- over nine years to help abate the opioid crisis they fueled. By the time they are finished paying this settlement, the Sacklers will be wealthier than they were when they started.

Attorney General Tong joined eight other attorneys general filing objections in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The objections note that the Sackler family made at least $11 billion in profits from producing and deceptively marketing OxyContin, a major driver in the rise of the opioid crisis and, importantly, the Sacker family is not bankrupt or even claiming bankruptcy. The crisis has cost the nation millions of lives and more than $2 trillion in damage.

Attorney General Tong testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law in July in support of bankruptcy reform.

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