Field Trips

Students in all grade levels participate in field trips, offering the opportunity to connect with the surrounding community and help the learning come alive. Trips vary year to year and are closely tied to the curriculum. In Lower School, students visit Atkins Arboretum, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, and the Baltimore Museum of Industry, just to name a few.

Past Upper School adventures have included the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, The Maryland Science Center, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, The Harriet Tubman Museum Chesapeake Bay Foundation, The Hippofrom Theater, The Holocuase Museum, and The National Museum for African American History.

Upper School Outdoor Education

Outdoor Education is a memorable highlight of our Upper School curriculum. Over four years, students participate in lengthier trips as they build their comfort in the outdoors, self-confidence, and cooperation with their peers.

Fifth graders spend a day on the Chesapeake Bay, either in canoes, kayaks, or Chesapeake work boats, engaged in hands-on, multidisciplinary educational programs that connect to the 5th-grade science curriculum. 

Sixth and seventh graders spend two days and nights at the Echo Hill Outdoor School. Echo Hill provides students with positive experiences in the outdoors where they learn more about nature, the value of history, and the diversity of individual qualities. Students participate in sensory exploration classes, sleep in canvas platform tents, eat in an ourdoor dining hall, and learn outdoors. Small, hands-on classes provide opportunities for students to explore the forest, meadows, ponds, streams, swamps, marshes, beachers, fields, farms, towns, and waters of the Chesapeake Bay.

Eighth graders spend three days and two nights at Camp Horizons in the Shenandoah Valley. Horizons also offers programs focusing on non-traditional learning in areas such as communication, cooperation, decision-making, conflict resolution, self-esteem, trust, and creativity. Students can hike, mountain bike, or scale the 50-foot climbing wall.