On Monday and Tuesday, I took the senior class trip on a camping trip to Hammonassett State Park and Beach in Madison, Ct. Along with 7 other colleagues, we took the class of 51 students on this overnight trip. What a task! The inception for the trip began back in the fall. After months of planning, the trip finally camp. Certainly I was nervous as I wasn't quite sure what the kids would do (especially so close to graduation), but the kids turned out to be fantastic.
We cooked all meals over fire pits, canoed out in the ocean, swam in the freezing water, and slept in tents. The kids gained a real sense of what it means to contribute help to a community and spent sometime bonding before the year is all over. Overall it was a pretty neat trip, and the kids had a great time.
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WOW!! First of all, what a fun experience for a student!! Second of all, what a stressful, watchful job as a teacher you must have had!! You are very brave, #1: for teaching high school! #2: for taking a bunch of hormonal seniors on an overnight camping trip!! I am glad to hear that it was a success, and that it was much better and less worrisome than anticipated.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful way to create lifelong memories with and for your students. Field trips can be an undertaking, but in the end, after all the careful yet tedious planning, they usually turn out to be great ecperiences. The children will never forget it and one day will realize all of the work you put in to planning it and will appreciate you even more; even if they aren't able to tell you so. :)
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