By Ranny Ma
Gargoyle staff reporter
Posted Tuesday, April 24, 2007, The OG, news

Members of the Class of 2009 enjoy the Allerton sun-

shine. (photo by Natsuki Nakamura) (click to enlarge)

FOR THE SECOND consecutive year, Uni's freshman class will head out to the Allerton 4-H Memorial Camp for a three-day, two-night field trip.

The Class of 2010 will leave Wednesday morning and return Friday afternoon.

Sophomore Isaac Chambers planned the first Allerton Education Experience trip last year, and it turned out to be a success.

“The goal of this trip is to offer an educational experience outside the confines of classroom walls, provide an opportunity for personal leadership development, and enhance class unity,” said health teacher DeeDee Wright.

Wright helped plan this year's trip along with freshman class officers Linda Ly, Maritza Mestre, and Alexx Engles.

At Allerton the freshmen will participate in a variety of activities, running the gamut from rock-climbing to making s'mores.

“I think there is a good mix of organized activities but also free time for students to relax and get to know each other better,” said Wright.

Along with the more fun activities, the freshmen will also have to keep up with their regular schoolwork. Time has been set aside each day for math, biology, social studies, and English.

In addition, some teachers have given their students projects to complete while at Allerton. For example, French II teacher John Garvey has told his students to keep a diary of what happens at Allerton each day — in French, of course.

The students will also participate in leadership exercises and service projects.

Parent and teacher chaperones will oversee the trip.

Below is the complete schedule for the Allerton Education Experience.

WEDNESDAY, April 25

• 8 a.m. —Meet with bags at Uni west entrance

• 8:20 a.m. — Leave for Allerton 4-H Memorial Camp

• 9 a.m. — Arrive/move into cabins

• 9:15 a.m. — Meet at Rec. Shelter to get camp map/schedules/rules

• 9:30 to 11 a.m. —Leadership/community service

Group A: Leadership

Group B: Leadership

Group C: Service project

Group D: Service project

• 11 a.m. — Lunch

• Noon to 2 p.m. — Academic class No. 1

Group A: Social studies

Group B: English

Group C: Math

Group D: Biology

• 2 to 4 p.m. — Academic class No. 2

Group A: Biology

Group B: Social studies

Group C: English

Group D: Math

• 4 p.m. — Change for trail run

• 4:15 p.m. — Trail run

• 5:30 p.m. — Dinner

• 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. — Free time

• 7:30 p.m. — Large group activity/game

• 8:30 p.m. — Campfire gets started

• 9 p.m. — Meet in dining hall for night hike or hang out around rec. shelter

• 11 p.m. — In cabins for the night

THURSDAY, April 26

• 7 a.m. — Breakfast

• 8 to 10 a.m. — Academic class No. 3

Group A: Math

Group B: Biology

Group C: Social studies

Group D: English

• 10 a.m. to noon — Academic class No. 4

Group A: English

Group B: Math

Group C: Biology

Group D: Social studies

• Noon — Lunch

• 1 to 5 p.m. — Climbing tower/challenge course No. 1

Group A: Climbing tower

Group B: Challenge course

Group C: Climbing tower

Group D: Challenge course

• 2:40 p.m. — Girls soccer dismissed from activity

• 5:30 p.m. — Dinner

• 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. — Large group activity/game

• 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. — S'mores at campfire location

• 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. — Large group activity/game

• 9:30 p.m. — Free time/activities in dining hall

• 11 p.m. — In cabins for the night

FRIDAY, April 27

• 7 a.m. — Breakfast

• 8 a.m. to noon — Climbing tower/challenge course No. 2

Group A: Challenge course

Group B: Climbing tower

Group C: Challenge course

Group D: Climbing tower

• Noon — Lunch

• 1 to 2:30 p.m. — Leadership/community service No. 2

Group A: Service project

Group B: Service project

Group C: Leadership

Group D: Leadership

• 2:30 p.m. — Pack up, clean up, run free one last time

*Boys track change & meet at Turtle Van

*Girls track change & meet parents

• 2:55 p.m. — Boys track leave Allerton

• 3 p.m. — Gather up bags from cabins and load onto buses

*Girls track meet parents to leave for Monticello track meet

• 3:20 p.m. — Leave for Uni

• 4 p.m. — Parents pick up students at Uni