Please enjoy this blog post about the planning involved in the Middle School Adventure Trip, written by our 8th Year, Meadow:

2 weeks ago, Middle School left on our Adventure Trip located in China Camp State Park. Over the course of the year we earned money for this trip through our Middle School businesses – Pizza Day, Yearbook, Tamale Tuesday, and the Bake Sale. These businesses were fully led by 8^th graders and their assistant CEOs, with little to no help from teachers. From calling weekly for food orders, to designing and building the yearbook, almost our entire class contributed to planning and running businesses.

Once we had begun receiving money from these businesses, we had to plan our housing, food, transportation, and activities. The Housing Committee rented our campsites, the Food Committee made our menu and shopping list, the Transportation Committee figured out our routes to and from China Camp, and the Activities Committee booked our activities. Luckily, all the businesses combined allowed us enough money to freely plan events and get delicious food.

The activities during the trip consisted of hiking, Ultimate Frisbee, card games, and our Mystery Activity. Since we were camping, our options were limited, but we had a great time anyway. On Thursday, the 3^rd day of our trip, the teachers had planned a Mystery Activity that was ice-skating and museum browsing at the Charles M. Schultz Museum and Research Center. It was a great experience to ice-skate, although not everyone participated. The museum was very interesting, and we were able to get souvenirs for our absent classmates.

My personal favorite part of the trip was ice-skating. It was nice to have a break from the outdoors and have a fun time with Cristina and Madison, who joined me on the ice. I also really liked playing Ball-timate Frisbee at the campsite, although our ball was lost multiple times. Overall, the trip was worth all the work, and I believe everyone on the trip enjoyed it as well!

Meadow Snyder, graduating 8^th year and Pizza CEO 2022-2023