The educational travel experience is a right of passage for many eighth-graders.
8th-Grade D.C. Trip Sign-Ups
The educational travel experience is a right of passage for many eighth-graders. Do not want to miss out on traveling with one’s peers to the nation’s capital with Student Adventures.
There is plenty of space left on the trip and coordinator Rich Guthrie is trying to get 70 students registered. The deadline for enrollment is Oct. 13.
Registration is done online at www.studentadventures.org. Click on LOGIN in the upper right corner of the Student Adventures website and sign up for EasyTrack. Create an account, login and register for the tour using trip registration ID: Berk1678.
The trip will run May 2- 4 with tours of the Smithsonian, Air and Space Museum, Arlington National Cemetery, National Museum of American Indians, the U.S. Capitol, the illuminated memorials and more. The tour includes all transportation, room, food, entrance fees and gratuities. An affordable payment plan option is available for families as well.
For questions about the trip, email coordinator Richard Guthrie at richard.guthrie@berkshireschools.org.
Students Complete Kindness Project
The fourth- and fifth-grade students in Mrs. Burnett’s language arts groups at Burton Elementary School just completed #thekindnessrocksproject. They researched ways to make a positive impact on others and decided that painting rocks with upbeat messages was how they wanted to accomplish this.
Students chose simple messages that are meant to bring a smile to the face of anyone who finds their rock. Many of the rocks contain Badger pride messages of “Be kind,” “Be wise” and “Be a friend.”
If anyone finds one, take a picture of it and upload to the Facebook page #thekindnessrocksproject. It is a worldwide group. Feel to take and hide the rock again, or just leave them in the flower beds at the entrances to the Burton Elementary School buildings. Smile, be happy and pass on the positive messages.
Europe Trip 2019
In June 2019, Berkshire will be traveling to Spain, the south of France and Italy with EF Tours. It should be an amazing trip and a wonderful mix of urban adventures in Madrid, Florence and Rome, and Mediterranean beauty in Barcelona and the French Riviera.
Berkshire students currently in grades eight to 11, parents, alumni and faculty are invited to travel. There is a $200 discount for signing up early and also a discount for being a repeat traveler with EF Tours. Anyone who signs up early can also lock in the lowest monthly payments to make travel abroad a reality.
Email Meghan Hull at meghan.hull@berkshireschools.org for more information about the tour and how to sign up.
The trips are always amazing and a wonderful way to explore the world and extend one’s education.
