My son, Keston's, school goes to 8th grade and at the end of every year they take the 6th-8th grade students on a "Big Trip" as an extension of their curriculum and something they work towards all year. Here is an explanation of this activity:
"Over the years, middle school students have traveled to study the flora and fauna of the Channel
Islands as well as the unique geology of the Colorado Plateau at the Canyonlands Field
Institute and visited Cottonwood Gulch. Last year the 6th-8th years spent an amazing five days
in the Cottonwood Gulch. This traveling classroom experience has become a highlight of
the middle school students’ years. These trips involve fund raising as well as a commitment
to be responsible, mature citizens representing their school as they travel. This year 6th-8th graders
are planning to travel to Cottonwood Gulch again."
Right now, to raise money, for their trips the middle school students put on a Snack Shack every Friday where they prepare and sell healthy snacks to kids at school. For our Good Human Act today, and most other Fridays, we support the kids and send Keston to school with a little extra money to get a snack. It is fun for him to "shop" by himself and he is glad to get to help out the big kids!
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