“The world is our classroom.”
Field trips are an essential part of the Kino curriculum because the world we live in is a perfect place to engage education first hand. Hiking in the Catalinas, birdwatching in the Chiricahuas; attending a mariachi festival, visiting an art gallery, celebrating Chinese New Year in Los Angeles; exploring old-time bowling alleys, ghost towns, and caves. Trying out ethnic restaurants. Helping out at a homeless shelter. Learning about science, art, other people and places, each other, and ourselves. This is just a sample of some of the trips we do, because getting out and about is a central part of Kino’s curriculum.
Some field trips give us the opportunity to explore the culture and resources of our community, travel to new places, enrich our classroom studies, and learn first hand about things beyond our school walls.
Some field trips encourage students to contribute to areas of need in our local community.
And some field trips bring members of our community together. They are times to share experiences, learn more about each other, celebrate together, and enjoy each other outside of school.
“We spent a lot of time in the van complaining that one Indian ruin looked like another, but I decided to become an archeology major because of that trip.”
—Jamie van Olphen, Class of ‘94, reminiscing about a junior high field trip.
