Experience is a profound educator. All Middle School students are encouraged  to participate in trip week, an exciting experiential learning opportunity when classroom walls are pushed back and students’ horizons broadened. Teachers and students travel together, by grade, to take part in a memorable adventure that offers one-of-a-kind learning and discovery.  

For the 2009–10 school year, sixth grade will head to the Grand Canyon, Zion National Park, and Hoover Dam for a science-oriented trip. They will receive hands-on lessons in science and natural history, and experience spectacular scenery beyond description. Students will hike in the southern Utah wilderness, take a smooth water float on the Colorado River through Glen Canyon, hike along the Virgin River in Zion National Park, explore the southern rim of the Grand Canyon including Desert View Watch Tower, hike the South Kaibab Trail, and tour Hoover Dam while learning about the engineering marvel that enables the southwest to have drinking water, irrigation, and recreation activities on Lake Mead.  

Seventh and eighth grades will travel to Washington DC for up-close tours of our nation’s capital. Students will role-play life from the perspective of the founding fathers to the legislatures and judges who write and interpret the laws of the land.  They will learn more about patriotism and sacrifice as they tour Capitol Hill, the Smithsonian, Jamestown, Arlington National Cemetery, Colonial Williamsburg, and the Vietnam, Korean, and Iwo Jima Memorials.

Learning is vibrant and comes alive during trip week––with inspiration and education at every turn.