This week, April 20-24, the CSC kids will be going on a field trip!  Not just a field trip.  There will be three different field trips!  The little kids, 4-7 years old, will be camping overnight at the school complete with tents, hiking and smores.  The middle group, 8-10 year old kids, will be traveling to the neighboring island of Bohol to see the Chocolate hills, tarsier monkeys, a giant snake and more.  The older kids, 11 years and up, will be going to Manila for four days and three nights!  They will visit museums, historical sights, the presidential house, an ice skating rink and much more. 

The teachers will be accompanying the kids on these trips.  I will be joining the Manila trip. 

Check out the Mega-Field Trip website for more information of the kids on the trips, where they are going and what they will see. 

Daily the Mega-Field Trip Blog will be update!  Check here frequently to keep up with the fun the kids are having on their respective trips. 

The Level C students have been taking a life skills and industrial arts class this year.  I taught the industrial arts part.  The students learned how to work with wood to make a small box in which they can put some belongings.  They learned the basics of measuring, sawing, hammering, gluing, sanding, screwing and more.  Each student started off with the same basic design.  I encouraged them to make some variations, especially with the lids of the box.  When the plans were finished being drawn no two boxes were the same. 

Once a week for 45 minutes they worked on their boxes.  That is a short amount of time for beginners to accomplish a lot, so the weekly progress was some what slow.  Things started coming together and moving faster when the sawing was completed.  When the boxes were assembled with hinges and latch installed the students painted their boxes.  They used their knowledge of painting from art class to create a variety of colors and designs.  The students were very excited to bring the boxes home once the paint dried.  The boxes were filled that day.  Check out the pictures of the box building process and of course the final products.