A “ WOW” FIELDTRIP!

     

Dear Saint Johns School Families,

What could be more exciting than students, parents and teachers learning together?  For those of you would were not involved in yesterday’s huge learning experience, I must tell you it was THE BEST!  Yes, 90 of Saint John the Evangelist middle school students accompanied by a large, dedicated group of parent chaperones and middle school teachers eagerly explored the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. 

While we all know that parents are the first teachers of their child, it was amusing to observe students coaxing their parent to see special exhibits of the Maya, and assisting them to create their own Mayan name, to learn that Mesoamerica connects North and South America, or to join them in building patterns of stars, snakes, or to observe, Rosemary, a parent, actually learning to weave, Mayan style.

Following the Maya:  Hidden Worlds Revealed, our large troop moved on to a Cosmic Journey in the Planetarium.  It was “totally awesome” as one student declared. No one became ill as we swirled in outer space, and  actually were seeing planets “up close and real”.  We left by our students receiving a sincere compliment from the lady providing the program, “This group is the very best”. 

Taking our pair of special glasses we entered the IMAX to enjoy a 3D trip to Jerusalem, a word so familiar to us here in our Catholic School.  One could feel oneself walking down the very paths that CHRIST walked. It was like we were with Jews, Muslims and Christians in Jerusalem.  Yes, then there was Bethlehem.

What a day this was!  Learning was fun for everyone.  Thank you students, parents, and middle school staff for being such a great community eager to grow.

Enthusiastically,

Mrs. Schmitt