Congratulations to our 8th grade class for two extremely successful fundraisers on Friday and Saturday. A big thank you to all faculty, parents, and students for being one of the many to support this group of Students. (Sorry for the carline traffic jam Friday!)
It was a blast watching so many of the students work together and really get excited about raising the funds while taking ownership of this trip. One of my favorite conversations from Caribou Coffee:
8th Graders: “Good morning! would you like to help us save the rainforest?
Caribou Coffee Customer: “Hmm, well, what has the rainforest done for me lately??”
8th Grader: “Well it is helping to take in CO2, while producing the O2 that you are breathing right now”
Another 8th Grader: “And we will be working on saving the many species of animals that you see here on this poster”
Another 8th Grader: “Yeah and it’s protecting us from global warming”
It was great, the customer was testing the 8th graders and they nailed a pretty good answer. Combining classroom discussion and lessons with real world experiential education is what this Costa Rica excursion is all about.
Stay posted for info on upcoming fundraisers.
