Fieldwork, Adventures and Service
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Fieldwork compliments each classroom's curriculum by providing physical experiences that enhance more traditional classroom learning. Simply put, fieldwork takes the student out of the classroom and into the world, connecting classrooms learning with real-world issues.
On any given day, our students' learning explorations may take them outside the school grounds to do research in natural or historic areas, conduct interview in local businesses, observe art displays and theatrical performances, collect data, or carry out a range of other fieldwork assignments. These fieldwork experiences differ from traditional field trips in that the expectation is that the fieldwork is directly connected to classroom learning.
During past years, our students have:
- Studied geology on hikes in Yosemite National Park
- Evaluated on-site restoration of the Hetch Hetchy reservoir
- Studied salmon restoration by rafting the Lower Yuba River
- Investigated watershed dynamics by snowshoeing Castle Peak
- Studied world explorers on tall ships in the San Francisco Bay
- Researched the effect of urbanization on the environment
- Practiced orienteering in the high sierra backcountry
- Established a deeper rapport with injured coyotes, wolves and bears by camping and assisting in the care of animals at the Folsom Zoo Sanctuary
- Conducted water quality monitoring on the South Park of Wolf Creek, collaborating with the Nevada County Resource Conservation District and City of Grass Valley
- Removed non-native invasive plants in Glen Jones Park and the Spenceville Wildlife Area, collaborating with the Shilling Seed company, City of Grass Valley, the Department of Fish and Game and Wolf Creek Community Alliance
- Presented at the South Yuba River Citizens League Monitoring Conference on the topic of "School-age Children and Water Quality Testing"
- Raised over $3,000 for tsunami relief efforts, $1,300 for a local family in need, collected backpacks and school supplies for Hurricane Katrina victims, and raised $1,364 for Pennies for Peace after reading the book,Three Cups of Tea
- Embarked upon a collaborative effort with the City of Grass Valley, Wolf Creek Community Alliance and several private parties to restore an impacted urban wetland on Peabody Creek.
