Featured Programs: Class Trips

Lower school teachers find a variety of ways to supplement classroom themes and lessons with off-campus opportunities.  A few examples include:  First grade students who study their community visit local farms, civic offices, bakeries, and stores…Fourth grade students who study Colonial America visit Historic Deerfield homes…Fifth grade students who study geology visit local caves and the Amherst College Pratt Natural History Museum.

Bement’s upper school curriculum includes numerous opportunities for learning experiences beyond the four classroom walls. Field trips that connect to each grade levels curricular focus take place throughout the academic year. Among these, the 6^th grade visits the Quabbin Reservoir, the 7^th grade visits the Seacoast Science Center, the 8^th grade takes its annual three day trip to Gettysburg. In the 9^th grade, there are trips to Williams College for cross curricular studies in the arts and English. In addition, 9^th graders kick off the year with an overnight outdoor adventure. Trips in the past have included canoeing The Battenkill River and hiking Mount Monadnock. The 9^th grade year culminates in a week long community service trip to La Suiza Orphanage in the Dominican Republic.