Field trips in HS magnets?

[Anonymous]

What are they for your program and are they different from what kids in the regular program do?

[Anonymous]

Field trips are not common for high school. Maybe one a year. A lot of student complain about missing classes and getting behind in APs. Charter Buses are also crazy expensive. Like $2k per day per bus. School buses can only be used for short, local trips that don’t get in the way of bus schedules.

[Anonymous]

Blair SMCS does an overnight field trip to Wallops Island in 10th grade.

[Anonymous]

My 9th grader in smcs at poolesville has had no field trip this school year.

[Anonymous]

RMIB had a few: one to a museum in DC and another to a play at the Strathmore --both this year. I can't recall what they did a couple of years ago, and then there was the pandemic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:RMIB had a few: one to a museum in DC and another to a play at the Strathmore --both this year. I can't recall what they did a couple of years ago, and then there was the pandemic.

They used to have a multi day nyc trip

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:RMIB had a few: one to a museum in DC and another to a play at the Strathmore --both this year. I can't recall what they did a couple of years ago, and then there was the pandemic.

They used to have a multi day nyc trip

sad they canceled that. Was it due to the pandemic?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:RMIB had a few: one to a museum in DC and another to a play at the Strathmore --both this year. I can't recall what they did a couple of years ago, and then there was the pandemic.

They used to have a multi day nyc trip

Eastern did, and it is happening this year in March.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Field trips are not common for high school. Maybe one a year. A lot of student complain about missing classes and getting behind in APs. Charter Buses are also crazy expensive. Like $2k per day per bus. School buses can only be used for short, local trips that don’t get in the way of bus schedules.

HS isn't playtime: a lot of things that would make fun field trips in the earlier grades would be a huge waste of resources and instructional time in HS. Even getting from point A to point B is 90+ minutes in our area by the time you load buses. If it's not something special enough that you yourself would take time off work for it, off-campus enrichment in HS needs to happen outside of school hours.

[Anonymous]

Poolesville Global has tons of field trips- too many to track. If you have a bright kid who wants exposure to the outside world with peers and the commute isn’t too far it’s worth looking at!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:RMIB had a few: one to a museum in DC and another to a play at the Strathmore --both this year. I can't recall what they did a couple of years ago, and then there was the pandemic.

I’m a RMIB parent and I’ve never heard of a field trip. Is this for the younger grades? Maybe my kid missed all that due to pandemic? They haven’t had any in 11th grade.

[Anonymous]

Blair CAP juniors went tot the interactive exhibit at the national museum of African Art this year. They took the metro down there, though.

Wheaton biomed went to United Therapeutics and Milipore Sigma this year. Just regular school bus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:RMIB had a few: one to a museum in DC and another to a play at the Strathmore --both this year. I can't recall what they did a couple of years ago, and then there was the pandemic.

I’m a RMIB parent and I’ve never heard of a field trip. Is this for the younger grades? Maybe my kid missed all that due to pandemic? They haven’t had any in 11th grade.

PP here.. my kid is a senior. Both were this year. I can't recall what they did last year, but I do think the pandemic put a damper on field trips.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Poolesville Global has tons of field trips- too many to track. If you have a bright kid who wants exposure to the outside world with peers and the commute isn’t too far it’s worth looking at!

The field trips are all local trips like Seneca creek state park, black hill regional park, harpers ferry, dc museums. It’s really not that extraordinary!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Poolesville Global has tons of field trips- too many to track. If you have a bright kid who wants exposure to the outside world with peers and the commute isn’t too far it’s worth looking at!

The field trips are all local trips like Seneca creek state park, black hill regional park, harpers ferry, dc museums. It’s really not that extraordinary!

By exposure to the outside world, I meant compared to being in a classroom. Yes the field trips are all local. Some are cool but mostly like what PP described above.