The Post NEW S Sunday, May 16, 2004 3 Field (continued from page 1) Many of the travel days are structured to take : advantage of every moment. Todd Buckley, now Believe me, I am not a travel a freshman at King’s College, went on the field ; trips for three years while at Dallas. He remem- tour director. Many day Se bers enthusiastically that the days were jam- are too busy to stop for packed. “We were up earlier in the morning than lunch.” we would be if we were at school — probably at ’ Eleanor Buda 6 a.m. — and we didn’t finish working and trav- Field studies leader eling until 8:30 at night. Then wed hit the pool for an hour. We were busy,” he said. traveling lends itself to learn the social graces The “classroom on wheels” presents no aca- and the students are expected to enjoy and ap- demic problem to Buda. Packets of information preciate the great dining opportunities. “We visit and materials are required reading prior to a some really fine restaurants,” says Buda, noting destination with quizzes and reports are given the students are great learners in this arena. after each visit. With four or five teachers and “We try to sample all the clam chowders and the school nurse in attendance, the students pick the best one, I like the one at the Jailhouse have ample access to adult guidance in social Restaurant, in Orleans (Massachusetts). It’s not studies, math, health or English. too salty, creamy, and has lots of herbs,” says Recently, the trip coincided with the adminis- Dale. Lit tration of the AP English tests, so the teachers Though students, teaching staff, and the Dal- were given the test materials and the exams las community are enriched by the field studies were taken by students while they were travel- program, its future is in doubt with Eleanor ing. Buda’s upcoming retirement. “The field studies Buda notes that all participating students have program will stand on its own merits, it’s not my signed a contract with their other subject teach- program, as some people think,” Buda firmly ers noting what materials they’ll be missing and states. what they might need to cover while there are Frank Galicki, Dallas Senior High School Prin- traveling, along with the teachers’ general ap- cipal, suggests the program will continue based provals. : on the expertise and interest of the remaining The students are expected to bring back items teaching staff. and artifacts from the trip and stories to share Buda remembers with joy the people and ex- with those not attending. If you are returning periences the field studies program have given without such stories to the classroom, the trip her and is reminded, like any good English was unsuccessful, not academically thoughtful teacher, of this quote from Sir Isaac Newton: “I or responsible, says the small booklet bulletin, do not know what I may appear to the world; called “Milestones” printed for the trip. There but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy are extra credit assignments for all subject areas. playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in This year the chartered bus group stopped at now and then finding a smoother pebble, or a Hyannis, Provincetown, Plimouth Plantation, prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great Nantucket Island and Mystic Aquarium. It is a ocean of truth lay undiscovered before me.” good “bonding experience,” says Buda. “Me, John Gilligan, Mike Yurchak, and Danny Picillo really enjoyed the area and what we saw, and now talk about going back up there to visit again for a week together,” says Buckley. But alumni find it hard to take a trip like this with friends after they graduate. The trip spawns new thinking and ideas. This year three students have chosen the Salem witch trials as their senior project presentations. Katie Dale, who was the first freshman allowed on the trip three years ago, says, “Some things you can’t learn through a textbook, you need to see it yourself, and then you remember it..” The destinations may appear to be right out of a tour book, but some are more intriguing. One year the group visited Kurt Vonnegut’s home on Cape Cod and this year they stopped at the Mys- tic Pizza shop in Connecticut. Some stops are optional and recreational, such as bike tours around Nantucket for returning travelers. Trip destinations are planned by the students at lunch sessions held in Budas class office” throughout the year. Dale was student planner for the Mystic Pizza stop. “I wanted to experience a small fishing in- dustry town, and I know everybody will think it’s because of Julia Roberts, and the drama is important, but you don’t really know, like, the Pilgrims until you see them at Plimouth Planta- Nicki Piontkowski, Katie Dale, Heather tion. They talked differently and they cooked - Harvester, Eleanor Buda, Jill Piontkowski, their fresh salads in milk. You can’t get all this gasie Gilligan, and Jim Dixon (bus driver) » FOR THE POST/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK from a textbook. pause before leaving on field trip excursion . . 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