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Show i BEN 3 LOMOND BEACON, Morch IS, 1979, Pag Visit environmental center raBdhitf Bra by Kris Ewart Peels of laughter and conversation filled with excited reverberated through the halls of Plain City Community School Friday afternoon as some fourth, fifth and sixth grade students and their teachers loaded camping gear onto their bus. EnvironDestination toward outdoor recreation and learning should have the opportunity to return to the Center in smaller groups so that more individualized ARTISTIC FIFTH graders sculpt a snow bunny while fourth ond sixth grade are off on other adventures. nature instruction could be rendered. A prerequisite was acand established students by complished wihin each grade, to determine or weed out students who were in- terested from were not. Upon .... AVvAYGOES Tim Hawkos transporting th cross country skis for a lotor ski class. Look Whoatherel those ... i I... . students , Tt'-i.- t ) day and teachers, .... Steve Gertsch (originator of this unusual scheme) and Tim Hawkes spent so much time helping everyone else with their outdoor commodations that they had no time to dig their own. (Time didnt seem to broken hearted about it however.) frosty s. Marilyn Nelson congenially relinquished the snow cave she and her daughters Linda and Laurie had prepared, to Steve. His eyes sparkled as he flashed his boyish grin in happy anticipation of the nights sleep, (If you can imagine that). All totaled, about IS hearty souls braved the winter evening and of stomach, teachers en- converged upon the vironmental center precisely at dinner time. They were greeted by the savory aroma who n' first everyones arrival at the Center i at tha guy hang on. the spent apptitude particular Hearty and adventurous developing their frost art by sculpturing a rabbit in the snow while sixth grade took picks and shovels, looking for all the world like over- sized dwarfs off to a days labor in their secret jewel Rather than tangible jewels however, these young snow cave diggers discovered gems that will glitter in memory as priceless character building experiences for many years to come. That evening, as if some silent alarm rang within It was a . . . blast, Really warm. to a little less enthusiastic, We froze, Ill know how to do it better next time. Mr. Gertschs young son spent the night in their adopted cave and remained snow undaunted by the whole experience. He fell asleep early and slept comfortably until the morning bell cracked through the frosty air, awakening the world, ranged from souls who wanted to ex- periment in outdoor survival returned to their snowcaves to add a few remaining touches before moving in for the night. Two of the sixth grade alive. Students picked one particular tree which they desired to adopt. Fifth grade mental Center I ! Originally conceived by a few teachers, it was decided that those students who had a Bar-B-Q- snow-sho- anticipation sin)w dinner with all of the trimmings. began almost immediately. Fourth grade e departed on their nature hike. Close attention was paid to trees, dead and activities 15 those, fifteen comments A new day brought avalanches and avalanch control. Thayne Karren (4th grade teacher) gave a snowmobiling class while Rindy Fond (6th grade teacher) gave explicit instruction on cross country skiing. A class on winter survival was taught by Tim and Steve and Mrs. Ellis (4th grade teacher) conducted a nature art class. to. t. '.fio n.fj i f SNOWSHOEING can be more difficult than appearonces reveal. Fourth grode students discover Ellis spent so much time tripping over her snowshoes that the kids decked to try it. SPARE TIME that. Mrs was ingeniously utilised by these young men. and Robert East seem to be enjoying the prospects of a night under the snow. They did it ond slept worm to boot. RYAN TAYLOR V '4 v v ( 1 4 w t HOORAY for mealtime. A long hard deyot ploy is reworded by e wmptwiow dinner ' M ? , - f V 4 , 0 tt- J - 1 new experiences for the students. Five groups were formed. Mack Thomson (students father) instructed a class on n V r J LKOA MSLS9N ond Ann Runnell dig diligently to prepore their eccomodetions lor the night. Ann looks a trifle chogrtnedot this point. |