Discovery Calendar of Outings
Discovery Calendar May
Friday, May 9 – 7th Grade - Staunton River trail SNP. As a community service project, we will be doing trail maintenance for the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club. We will also be doing quite a bit of hiking and stream wading. Students need a BIG bag lunch two, liters of water, and weather appropriate hiking/work clothes.
Depart LGMS at 8AM and return at 7PM.
Wednesday, May 28 – 7th grade – For the final trip of the year we are going hiking, fishing and swimming on our local Rappahannock River at the Friends of the Rappahannock property in Fredericksburg. Students need a big bag lunch, two liters of water, river shoes (old sneakers that lace up tight to protect feet from rocks and debris) and hiking shoes – these should be worn to the trip as we will start out hiking upstream for a mile or two.
Depart LGMS at 8AM and return at 5PM.
Friday, May 30 – 8th grade – Same trip as above.
Ben Van Rooy
Discovery Program teacher
Locust Grove Middle School
540-661-4444 ext. 2979