Field Trip!

Third Grade Marr

Park Field Trip

When: Thursday, April 24  8:40 – 2:20

Where: Marr Park, Washington

What: Smithsonian Exhibit

We’re excited to announce that the KE third graders will be traveling to Marr Park on April 24th to see an exhibit on loan from the Smithsonian that correlates with our Social Studies unit on the history of communities. 

A note about the exhibit:

The Washington County Conservation Board has had the honor of hosting a traveling Smithsonian Exhibit since January.  April is the last chance to see this exhibit before it moves on to another county.  Entitled Listening to the Prairie:  Farming in Nature’s Image, this exhibit connects history and natural history by covering America’s prairies and the change to agriculture.  The exhibit can be viewed at the Conservation Education Center in Marr Park during regular center hours. 

This exhibit “will change how people think about agriculture in America.  It’s about growing food on the North American prairie and the forces of change that turned grasslands into one of the most productive agricultural lands on earth.  These lands are our nation’s most fertile, diverse, fragile, and endangered ecosystems, but they also serve as a model for environmentally sound agriculture.  The traveling exhibition focuses on how changes in this ecosystem and other ecosystems across the country impact people and their communities.  It reveals information on how a natural ecosystem works, and tells stories of farmers and ranchers who are farming in nature’s image.” 

We’re in need of several parent volunteers for this trip.  Unfortunately, with the large class sizes that we have, volunteers will need to drive to Marr Park to meet us for the exhibit tour (we won’t all fit on the bus).  All students will board the bus leaving from KE at 8:40 and will arrive at Marr Park at 9:15.  We will wrap up our trip at 2:15 and return to school at 2:45. Students wishing to leave with parent  (and not ride the bus may do so with written permission). If you’d like to volunteer, please contact your child’s classroom teacher.  (Once we know who our volunteers are, we can let you know if you’d like to carpool with other volunteers.)

Students will need a sack lunch for the trip.  We will not provide a cooler, so pack accordingly (student may bring insulated bags/personal coolers – please be sure to label).  If you need assistance with a lunch, let your child’s teacher know.

- Mrs. Young & Mrs. Hartsock