7th Grade Overnight Trip to Tuckahoe State Park

5/5/2016 to 5/6/2016

The Class of 2021 will enjoy an overnight camping experience at Tuckahoe State Park in Queen Anne, Maryland. During their stay at Tuckahoe, students will have an opportunity to participate in fishing, canoeing, hiking, campfire cooking, a ropes course, and related outdoor activities.

There are two goals for this trip: The first is to provide an opportunity for the students to have a first-hand, outdoor experience. The second goal, and no less important, is to have the students pull together and work as a team to carry out as many aspects of the on site, camping experience as possible.

The only electronic device the students should bring is a flashlight. Cell phones, computers, ipads, and ipods should be left at home or locked in their gym or school locker. Teachers will have cell phones on site, so students will be able to communicate with their parents, if they need to do so.

Students should be able to easily carry all of their personal gear, (not counting tent and sleeping bag), in two, “school sized” back packs, or in a single, equivalent sized bag. Extra large, sports equipment sized bags, or rolling coolers, are not needed for a 30 hour camping trip. Campers who want to go fishing are encouraged to bring fishing gear.

Busses are scheduled to depart on Thursday, May 5th, at approximately 8:15a and return on Friday, May 6th, around 2:00p.

This trip was planned by Mr. Jim Maloney, the Middle School’s Outdoor Education Coordinator. The Outdoor Education program was developed to help our Middle School students learn to appreciate the beauty of nature and to understand the importance of preserving natural environments. The Middle School is dedicated to developing students into good stewards of the environment and providing them with opportunities for direct, first-hand, experience in the outdoors.

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