Second graders from Lakeville Elementary School boarded the buses last Wednesday and headed off to a different time.
Upon arrival at Camp Tamarack Pioneer Village, they no longer had electricity or their iPods – they were pioneers surviving off of the land.
Besides the opportunity to live a part of history, the students were treated to an extra bonus ? they didn’t have to pay a large fee to go on the trip.
Judy Bozynski, second grade teacher, had received a notice from Camp Tamarack for a website link to receive a grant from Target to take her students on the field trip. She went on the link and filled out the electronic paperwork to apply for it.
Bozynski received a $800 Target Field Trip Grant covering the cost of the camp for 67 students.
The only cost parents and students had to pay was $3.50 for the bus transportation.
The children and parents dressed as pioneers.
The students were separated into families and given a list of things they had to do to survive. Some of the things they had to so was find fur pelts to exchange for money for land and make candles to light their homes.
‘The kids had a great time,? said Bozynski. ‘They completed all of the tasks that they needed to survive and got thrown in jail for a little bit. The people at the camp said that our second graders did better than most fifth and sixth graders that do a similar program.?
Parents also had a role by being the people in the village.
Along with the grant, Bozynski received a kit from Target with miscellaneous items for the field trip including a disposable digital camera, tissues and hand sanitizer in a Target bag. Also, in the kit was a Target decal to put onto the bus window.
Over 25,000 teachers around the country applied for the grants and 5,000 received the grants, 168 given in Michigan including Catherine Sullivan at the middle school who received a grant to take her math students to Weinburg Village.