Field Trips
We believe our students learn by doing, and we regularly incorporate interactive field trips into our lessons. All field trips are tied to the curriculum and enhance learning. For example, during the Grade 4 study of California history, students visit Mission San Juan Bautista. As students get older, some field trips include overnight stays, allowing for personal growth and independence.
In the past, field trips have included:
Kindergarten
- The Farm to see animals, pick fruit, and enjoy a hayride
- Ice cream parlor, after learning how to make ice cream in the classroom
- Monterey Fire Department for lessons on fire safety
- Monterey Bay Aquarium to study sea life
- Planetarium at Hartnell College to learn about planets, stars, and space
- Monterey Zoo to learn about wild animals
Grades 1-5
- Apple farm to watch apples being cultivated and harvested
- Driscoll's Strawberry Associates, Fresh Express, and Farm Day at the Monterey County Farmers' Market
- Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Reserve to study wetland ecology
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute to learn about water
- Monterey Bay Aquarium to study sea life
- Pinnacles National Park to learn about the endangered California Condor
- Santa Lucia Preserve to examine native plants and study owls
- Point Pinos Lighthouse in Pacific Grove
- San Juan Bautista to explore its original Spanish mission
- Monterey Fire Department for lessons on fire safety
- Cooper-Molera Adobe and Custom House in Monterey to study Spanish and Mexican periods of California history
- Multicultural Festival at University of California Santa Cruz to study Native Americans
- California Gold Camp in Columbia, California, to study Gold Rush history and westward expansion
Grades 6-8
- Mount Hermon for an outdoor education week
- Catalina Island Marine Institute to study marine science in the field
- Washington, D.C., to learn about our history and government
- Monterey Bay Aquarium to study sea life
- Service trips to the Food Bank for Monterey County, Del Monte Beach, and more
