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Field trips provide a wonderful enrichment to our curriculum as well as great experiences for our students. The four listed below are an example of annual trips that provide exceptional learning and social experiences for students.

Annual 4 th Grade A.J. Meerwald Trip

New Jersey Historical Tall Ship annual sailing trip in connection with 4 th grade science and social studies. September

6 th Grade Trip to Camp Ockanickon

3 day trip / An opportunity for the new 6 th grade to bond and grow together as a community. Camp Ockanickon is located in Medford, New Jersey. September

7 th Grade Trip to PEEC (Pocono Environmental Education Center)

3 day trip / Woodland and wetland ecosystem study in the beautiful Delaware Water Gap located in the Poconos in Pennsylvania September

8 th Grade Trip to Wallops Island Marine Biology Center

4 day trip / Hands-on marine biology and coastal ecology student center located near Chincoteaque, Virginia. September

Other field trips include:

Pre-Kindergarten

• Fall trip to a local farm and pumpkin patch
  
  
• Trip to the Philadelphia Art Museum

Kindergarten

• Fall trip to local farm and pumpkin patch
  
  
• Spring trip to the Academy of Natural Science
  
  
• Community service trip to the Friends Home in Woodstown (Butterfly Parade)

First Grade

• Raccon Valley Animal Hospital
  
  
• Elmer Post Office
  
  
• Philadelphia Zoo

Second Grade

• Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology
  
  
• Ocean City seashore

Third Grade

• Arden Theater, Philadelphia—Frog and Toad
  
  
• The Philadelphia Constitution Center
  
  
• Peace Gathering of Friends Schools

Fourth Grade

• Fall trip to A. J. Meerwald Schooner
  
  
• Larchmont Orchard (apple picking)
  
  
• Exxon/Mobil Engine Test lab
  
  
• Quaker Meetinghouse tour (Woodstown, Salem, Lower Alloway Creek)
  
  
• Friends Center in Philadelphia (Community Service Projects)
  
  
• Fourth Grade Symposium at other area Friends schools

Fifth Grade

• Trip to Fort Mifflin

Middle School Trips

• Sixth Grade trip to Camp Onas, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
  
  
• Seventh Grade trip to Poconos Environmental Center, Pennsylvania
  
  
• Eighth Grade trip to Wallops Island Marine Biology Center, Chincoteague, Virginia
  
  
• University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology
  
  
• Community Service trips to ARC (Association of Retarded Citizens) and Mannington Regional Day School

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