Please Send Us on a Field Trip to Jamestown!

Funded Feb 18, 2016

Thank you so much for donating money for my fourth graders' field trip to Jamestown and Yorktown! The kids were very touched to know that your generosity and kindness allowed them to have this experience!

The kids enjoyed every minute of the trip! They were very impressed to discover there was a bathroom on the bus! When we arrived at Jamestown, the tour guide greeted us and led us through the fort, the Powhatan village, and the museum. They really enjoyed going on the ship, and were surprised to see how cramped the living quarters were. A highlight of Jamestown and Yorktown was the musket firing. They also enjoyed seeing the houses at Yorktown. When the tour guide asked them what room was missing, they noticed there was no bathroom. They were told that children had the job of emptying the chamber pot, so they were very thankful for our modern-day plumbing!

This field trip provided a hands-on learning experience for my students that is impossible to create in the classroom. The trip made this period of history "come alive" for the kids, and they will have memories of this special day forever!”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Jones