Our Lady of Grace eighth-graders attended Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. April 26.GREENSBORO — Our Lady of Grace Catholic School students in kindergarten and middle school ventured beyond the classroom in exciting field trips throughout the month of April. The kindergarten class visited the Greensboro Science Center earlier this week and were able to get up close and personal with a few of the animals there.
The overnight field trips offered in Our Lady of Grace's middle school are highly anticipated events as students work their way to the upper grades. This week, the seventh-grade class explored the outdoors at Green River Preserve in Cedar Mountain, North Carolina, through hikes, climbs and other fun, confidence-building activities.
The eighth-grade class took a three-night trip to Washington, D.C., on April 25. On the way up, they visited Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson in Charlottesville, Virginia. Highlights also included an early morning Mass and a tour at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, a tour of the Capitol Building, The Pentagon, an outing to Toby’s Dinner Theatre, the Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Spy Museum, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, the National Museum of the Marine Corps, and many iconic monuments.
Earlier in April, the sixth-grade class took an overnight field trip to Sound to Sea in Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina, where they learned about marine habitats, completed challenge courses, dissected squids, and collected samples from the sound to examine.
— Annie Ferguson, photos provided
