2010-02-18 / Inside Education
LDPE visits Yosemite
MARIANNE EMERY'S SIXTH GRADERS AT LAKE DON PEDRO SCHOOL SPENT THREE NIGHTS IN YOSEMITE. THEY SLEPT IN THE GYM OF YOSEMITE ELEMENTARY AND WERE LED ON HIKES BY FELLOW TEACHER/YOSEMITE EXPERT MARITA DIETZ. THEY HIKED TO THE TOP OF YOSEMITE FALLS, LEARNED THE GEOLOGY BEHIND THE FORMATION OF YOSEMITE VALLEY, FELT THEIR WAY THROUGH A COMPLETE DARKNESS CAVE, AND LEARNED THE HISTORY OF THE NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE VALLEY. THE SCHOOL FOOD PROGRAM, SODEXHO, PROVIDED ALL THE MEALS. 


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