Field Trips

Learning experiences beyond the classroom can often be among the most valuable experiences a student will enjoy and remember. Field trips are an integral part of our curriculum. All of our field trips have curricular significance, and there is an instructional focus for the students. Parents are often asked to accompany the students as chaperones or as visitors on these trips.

Powhatan’s extensive experiencial learning program starts at Kindergarten and expands over time. A few examples of current class field trips include:

Kindergarten & 1st Grade: Trips to Blandy Experiential Farm

3rd Grade: Overnight trip to Colonial Williamsburg

4th Grade: Overnight trip to Monticello & The Frontier Culture Museum (Charlottesville & Staunton, Va.)

6th Grade: 6th Grade Survival Trip – overnight camping trip includes canoeing on the Shenandoah River

8th Grade: 3-day trip to Tangier Island in order to participate in the award-winning Chesapeake Bay Foundation Education Program

Upper School Retreat: Overnight trip for grades 6-8 to begin the school year