April Field Trip

It looks like our April Field Trip is on thanks to Mrs. Wesson, Mrs. Marshall, Mr. Schumacher, and Mrs. McFarland.

Students should arrive at school at 7:45 in their regular school uniform. Everyone should bring a healthy no waste lunch with a largish snack. We will return in time for regular car line!

In the morning we will be building salt dough models of Pearl Harbor. At 10:15 we will load cars and drive to the Nikkei Legacy Center. The Nikkei Legacy Center is described on their web site as follows:
"The term "Nikkei" means Japanese emigrants and their descendants.
Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center is Japanese American history museum in Portland, charged with the preservation and sharing of the history and culture of the Japanese American community. The Legacy Center opened the doors to its current home in September of 2004. The museum now has a larger exhibit space, with exhibits that highlight Issei immigration and early life in Oregon, Nihonmachi (Japantown), and life after Executive Order 9066, including the Portland Assembly Center and contemporary Nikkei life."

It is located one block off Waterfront Park. We will be working with docents to tour their exhibit, hear the stories, and visit the Japanese American memorial at the Waterfront. We will be there from 11:00 - 12:30.

At 12:30 we will be driving to the Holocaust Memorial in Washington Park. There we will meet the president of the Oregon Holocaust Resource Center. She will be acting as docent and helping us to dig deep into the meaning of the memorial.

When we are finished at the Memorial, we will have lunch in Washington Park. This will be a late lunch, which is why they will need a larger snack to eat before we leave in the morning.

By the end of the day, students will have experienced many heavy emotions. In the past I have seen profound changes in attitude and world views. Please be prepared for some fairly heavy discussions at the dinner table Friday night.