2008 2nd Grade Missouri Trip
by Rena Shaw / Miss Duncan
June 13, 2008
WHY would any student
want to be up and at school at 4:30 am in the morning?
Because it means that it is time for annual Second
Grade Trip to Missouri!! Since 1973, Miss Duncan and school staff
chaperones have been taking the second grade students on a five day
trip to Missouri. This trip is a wrap up to their year long
Laura Ingalls Wilder Unit. So, every year at the end of the
school year excited second graders look forward to that morning
when they get up in the dark and load their suitcases and sleeping
bags and board the school bus bound for Missouri.
Their trip schedule:
Monday May 19
4:30 am: Start loading suitcases and sleeping bags
5:00: Leave Robert Deal
6:30: Rest area at Lake Icaria
8:30: Snack at the park in St. Joseph
9:00: Pony Express in St. Joseph. This is the original site of the Pony Express. We view a movie and tour the original museum. This is a hands on museum.
11:00: Lunch at McDonald's in St. Joseph
2:30 pm: Anderson House Tour. This is the site of a 3-Day Civil War Battle.
4:30: Leave Lexington
6:00: Eat at First Methodist Church in Sedalia
7:30: Swim at Sedalia Middle School
9:00: Showers and lights out. Stay at 4H Dormitories on the Sedalia State Fair Grounds.
Tuesday, May 20
6:00 am: Breakfast at McDonald's in Sedalia
6:45: Leave Sedalia
7:45: Observe Bagnall Dam
8:15: City Park in Camdenton for pudding, cookies, and juice
11:00: Lunch served by the Mansfield United Methodist Women
12:00 Tour of the Laura Ingalls Wider Home and Museum near Mansfield. We prepare for this tour almost all year long. This the home where Laura wrote all of her Little House Books.
4:45 pm: Ride the Ducks. Tour Branson and Table Rock Lake
6:00: Check into the Presbyterian Church in Branson
6:30: Eat pizza at Pizza Hut
8:00: Attend Shepherd of the Hills Pageant. This is a play given in an outdoor theatre.
Wednesday, May 21
7:00 am: Eat at McDonald's in Branson
9:45: Jeep drawn tour of Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery. We see brown and rainbow trout raised from eggs through the time that they are captured and released into Lake Taneycomo.
10:45 Small groups of children will be fishing with Mr. Stout! The others play in the park.
11:30: Lunch in the park
12:30 pm: Leave for Springfield
3:00: Tour the Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield
5:00: Supper
7:00: Movie
9:00: Return to dorm and prepare for bed
Friday, May 23
7:00 am: Breakfast at Perkin's Restaurant
8:00: Leave Springfield
10:00: Snack break in Clinton
12:30 pm: Science City in Kansas City. We eat lunch at the Science City. Science City is a museum for kids that covers many areas of science. There is a dinosaur dig, a musical area, a NASA area, and much, much more.
2:30: Kaleidoscope. This is a hands on arts and crafts center sponsored by Hallmark Cards.
4:00: Leave Kansas City
6:00: Eat at McDonald's
9:30: Arrive BACK AT ROBERT DEAL!
Thank you to all of the wonderful organizations and people that contributed to the Missouri trip this year and throughout the years. It is truly amazing the community support that is shown for this marvelous educational trip year after year. Without this support, the price of the trip would truly be too much for many families to handle. Thank you once again! Nancy Duncan
Their trip schedule:
Monday May 19
4:30 am: Start loading suitcases and sleeping bags
5:00: Leave Robert Deal
6:30: Rest area at Lake Icaria
8:30: Snack at the park in St. Joseph
9:00: Pony Express in St. Joseph. This is the original site of the Pony Express. We view a movie and tour the original museum. This is a hands on museum.
11:00: Lunch at McDonald's in St. Joseph
2:30 pm: Anderson House Tour. This is the site of a 3-Day Civil War Battle.
4:30: Leave Lexington
6:00: Eat at First Methodist Church in Sedalia
7:30: Swim at Sedalia Middle School
9:00: Showers and lights out. Stay at 4H Dormitories on the Sedalia State Fair Grounds.
Tuesday, May 20
6:00 am: Breakfast at McDonald's in Sedalia
6:45: Leave Sedalia
7:45: Observe Bagnall Dam
8:15: City Park in Camdenton for pudding, cookies, and juice
11:00: Lunch served by the Mansfield United Methodist Women
12:00 Tour of the Laura Ingalls Wider Home and Museum near Mansfield. We prepare for this tour almost all year long. This the home where Laura wrote all of her Little House Books.
4:45 pm: Ride the Ducks. Tour Branson and Table Rock Lake
6:00: Check into the Presbyterian Church in Branson
6:30: Eat pizza at Pizza Hut
8:00: Attend Shepherd of the Hills Pageant. This is a play given in an outdoor theatre.
Wednesday, May 21
7:00 am: Eat at McDonald's in Branson
9:45: Jeep drawn tour of Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery. We see brown and rainbow trout raised from eggs through the time that they are captured and released into Lake Taneycomo.
10:45 Small groups of children will be fishing with Mr. Stout! The others play in the park.
11:30: Lunch in the park
12:30 pm: Leave for Springfield
3:00: Tour the Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield
5:00: Supper
7:00: Movie
9:00: Return to dorm and prepare for bed
Friday, May 23
7:00 am: Breakfast at Perkin's Restaurant
8:00: Leave Springfield
10:00: Snack break in Clinton
12:30 pm: Science City in Kansas City. We eat lunch at the Science City. Science City is a museum for kids that covers many areas of science. There is a dinosaur dig, a musical area, a NASA area, and much, much more.
2:30: Kaleidoscope. This is a hands on arts and crafts center sponsored by Hallmark Cards.
4:00: Leave Kansas City
6:00: Eat at McDonald's
9:30: Arrive BACK AT ROBERT DEAL!
Thank you to all of the wonderful organizations and people that contributed to the Missouri trip this year and throughout the years. It is truly amazing the community support that is shown for this marvelous educational trip year after year. Without this support, the price of the trip would truly be too much for many families to handle. Thank you once again! Nancy Duncan
