At Camp Hi, they have a twenty five mile long river that the kids got to canoe down that can take from one to six hours depending on the experience of the canoer. Mr. Kramer said they spent about four hours canoeing down the river, it was tiring but the students had such a great experience. The river varies in depth, some areas were deeper than others so the students had to make sure they followed the rules or else they could tip over and it would be difficult to get back up. There were twenty two students that went on the trip including Mr. Kramer himself. Each canoe could hold two to three kids, they broke them up into nine groups and then set off on the trip.
The purpose of the trip was that they had to learn how to work with the other kids in the canoe to make the canoe go straight and go steadily down this twenty five mile river. In the previous years our assistant principal, Mr. Whaley had organized this trip but Mr. Kramer said he wanted to organize it a little different this year. He wanted this trip to show the kids how to work in a team and exercise their communication skills and how to handle a stressful situation because these kids had never been canoeing before the trip.
Mr. Kramer said that the trip went better than he ever hoped it would and all the kids had an overall great experience. After the field trip all the kids and Mr. Kramer went to our local Pizza Roto for lunch and had a great time. They shared pictures and stories about the trip and had a humbling experience together.
By: Emily Schostek
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