A few weeks ago all three first grade classes took a trip to Durham, NC and visited the Ronald McDonald House there as well as Duke Gardens and the Duke Chapel. All year long, the GRACE first graders have been collecting soda tabs for the Ronald McDonald House as their service project for the year. I was sad that I missed the first part of the day where they got to go to the house, turn in their tabs, and have a tour of it.... I heard it was awesome.
They then headed over to Duke Gardens for a picnic lunch and then on to the chapel (where I caught up with them) to tour it.... finishing their study of the Middle Ages. It was fun to see all of the beautiful stained glass windows that they had been learning about. Asher's group was a group of 4 boys with one of the boys dads for their chaperone.... they were quite lively :) and kept walking around in the chapel saying "Ohhhhhh, spooky...." Gotta love 6/ 7 year old boys!
After touring the chapel we hiked back down to the gardens for their Easter egg hunt, but unfortunately right as they were starting to collect their eggs it started thundering, lightning, and pouring rain! It was a crazy scene.... kids running everywhere, parents trying to collect their groups and get to their cars (5- 10 minute walk), and the teachers trying to pick up around 700 eggs that were scattered around the grass! The storm passed over quickly and by the time everyone got back to the cars it was over and the sun was shining! Definitely a field trip to remember!
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